Comment ‘I worked for Thatcher and Brown. Here’s what Reeves’ growth plan is missing’ I worked for Gordon Brown as Chancellor and Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister and, for me, two vital… Caroline Slocock 21st March, 2024, 10:13 am
Comment ‘Voters are far wearier than in 1997. Keir Starmer is a man for our times’ It’s so obvious that it barely needs saying, and yet it’s truly fascinating. On just about every metric,… Ed Dorrell 20th March, 2024, 7:30 am
Comment Assisted dying: ‘Keir is right the UK needs a vote. The law’s a mess MPs can’t ignore’ Keir Starmer’s new commitment to holding a vote on assisted dying should be welcomed. It is now undeniable… Jake Richards 14th March, 2024, 3:08 pm
Comment ‘Labour’s desire to avoid tax-and-spend presents many constraints’ In his last budget before the general election, chancellor Jeremy Hunt proved the rule that this grandstand “fiscal… Martin Smith, Sam Warner & David Richards 9th March, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment Budget 2024: ‘Labour must hold firm in opposing rumoured inheritance tax cut’ The spring budget is fast approaching, and tax cuts are running around the chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s mind. After… Dan Goss 5th March, 2024, 7:00 am
News Sir Tony Lloyd MP’s funeral: Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown lead tributes Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown have today joined members of Tony Lloyd’s family in paying tribute to Labour… Morgan Jones 16th February, 2024, 12:38 pm
Comment ‘The party of service: Is Starmer’s new rhetoric smart or empty?’ “Service” seems to be Keir Starmer’s word of the month. Earlier in December, the Labour leader praised Margaret… Olly Gough 29th December, 2023, 8:30 am
News ‘Decency, wisdom and wry humour’: Tributes paid to Alistair Darling Tributes have been paid by leading politicians to the “decency”, “wry humour” and “wisdom” of the former Labour… Tom Belger 30th November, 2023, 1:53 pm
Comment Murray Elder obituary by Gordon Brown: ‘He made us radical but credible’ In his famous essay, Homage to Tom Maguire, the historian EP Thompson wrote in praise of heroes who… Gordon Brown 25th October, 2023, 4:26 pm
Comment ‘Tory and Labour voters alike need clearer reasons to back Labour’ Jon Cruddas argued that the new authoritarian tendency in the leadership threatens the Liberal tradition within Labour. The authoritarianism… Trevor Fisher 16th October, 2023, 1:56 pm