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When it comes to poll ratings, it looks like things couldn’t get much worse for the Lib Dems. A YouGov poll conducted for the Sun has found that just 6% of Britons plan to support the party at the next general election, their lowest rating…
As the general election fast approaches, further evidence has emerged which shows that Ukip pose a threat to Labour. Research conducted by the Fabian Society, some of the findings of which we wrote about last week, shows that if local…
The Fabians have published figures that show declining support for Labour among ‘blue-collar working groups’. Election data expert Ian Warren has found that between 2005-2014, support for Labour has dropped in five key groups: transient…
Labour is on the brink of pledging to raise National Insurance to invest in the NHS, according to rumours swirling round Westminster. It’s a ploy that famously worked for Gordon Brown in 2002, when as Chancellor he adapted recommendations…
Community organising has become something of a buzzword in Labour circles of late, but what does it really mean? There are fears from some campaigners that it is set to replace rather than compliment more traditional forms of campaigning…
For a recent Fabian Society pamphlet on multiple needs I was asked to take a look at the public politics of helping the most disadvantaged in society. On the face of it, the public opinion battle is incredibly challenging. When asked: ‘how…
2015 has the potential to be an election on par with 1945 and 1979 - one that ushers in a new era and breaks with an old consensus. Attlee’s post-war consensus was accepted by left and right alike and held together until Thatcher’s entry…
In a speech to the Fabian Society New Year conference today, Ed Balls said: Thanks Jessica. And thanks to all of you for giving up your Saturday to be here today. The title of today’s conference is ‘Can Labour Change Britain?’ And with the…
In a keynote speech to the Fabian Society conference, Ed Balls will announce that Labour is committed to balancing the books, delivering a surplus on the current budget and getting the national debt falling in the next Parliament. In the…
This year Labour has to start thinking beyond May 2015 and start planning for power. As Luke Akehurst wrote on LabourList earlier in the week, Labour has a decent chance of a majority. It has an even better chance of being the main party of…
Rebuilding Labour ‘s economic credibility is perhaps the most pressing challenge facing Ed Miliband and Ed Balls. Voters have been slow to forget and even slower to forgive Labour for the economic crisis. Whether you buy Tory smears linking…
Taking over the shadow work and pensions brief is one of the hardest jobs in terms of complex policy development. It is also crucial in its most importance to the Ed Miliband project. It is intimately linked to the cost of living crisis…
