An authoritarian turn from the Tories on drug policy leaves Labour an open goal
Government plans announced at the Home Office national drugs summit last week, including the expansion of football banning…
Drug policy reform
Labour must start having sensible conversations about drug reform
Tory MP David Warburton was the subject of allegations of drug use earlier this month after photos emerged…
Tough words and shifting sands: the government’s new drug strategy
‘Look how tough I am’ was the government PR script for this week’s long-awaited drug strategy release. It…
Exclusive: Public support for PR, debt cancellation, decriminalising cannabis
UK adults support bold policy ideas going to Labour conference, including a switch to proportional representation for Westminster…
What Keir Starmer should have said about drug policy
I wrote a piece for LabourList in August arguing that a plan to overhaul the UK’s unjust drugs…
Could Labour’s next leader be in favour of cannabis law reform?
Over the past few years, drug reform has become a hot topic in the Labour Party. It was…
Thangam Debbonaire & Jeff Smith: Labour can afford to be bold on drug policy reform
It’s been a historic month in the world of drug policy. Canada became the first G7 country to…
