Three years on from the 2019 election, Labour can win again in Blackpool South
Three years ago today, I was trudging around the streets of Blackpool – for what would be the final…
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TUC demands U-turn on scrapping Union Learning Fund ahead of spending review
The TUC has urged the government to use its spending review this week to U-turn on the decision…
Scrapping the Union Learning Fund is a spiteful act of economic vandalism
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, as the saying goes. Certainly don’t scrap it. But that’s what…
My apprenticeship with Gordon Marsden MP
This week is National Apprenticeship Week and as an apprentice for the shadow minister for apprenticeships, Gordon Marsden,…
Gordon Marsden: National education service will trigger a revolution in learning
The three-fold repetition of ideas has long been a powerful tool in politics. Think of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address…
Gordon Marsden: Let’s use education to inaugurate a new era of social mobility
Higher education, and particularly tuition fees, have not been off the agenda since Theresa May called her general…
Sign up students to vote and boost democracy, Cat Smith tells universities
Labour is contacting every university leader in the country to encourage them to get even more students to…
Aspiration is a story, not a slogan
As Labour soul-searches for new leadership and policies, the word ‘aspiration’ has swirled around ever more densely. Though…
