Six commissions without a clear mission
Unlike the majority of Labour members, I was tasked yesterday with reading the Party’s recently published NPF report.…
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‘Heathrow expansion: flying in the face of reason’
Exhausted after months of constituency work, casework and ushering in a new Prime Minister, MPs are now on…
‘Voices from Clacton: five lessons on how to fight Farage’
Stanley approaches – all sandy curls and crisp white ankle socks – along the sun-baked Frinton high-street. He’s…
Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere
Labour Councils up and down the country are helping to improve the lives of their residents. Week in,…
Ten key takeaways from Labour’s NPF report (Aug 2026)
Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) is the party’s formal mechanism for policy discussion between elections. It brings together…
When nothing works there’s lots to fix
I was on Sky News over the weekend with someone arguing from the Tory point of view talking…
‘End-of-life care and choice are not in opposition to each other’
As GPs and as parliamentarians, we know firsthand that too many people struggle to access the health, care…
‘I’m not a dodgy donor – I have no commercial interest in my campaign to reform gambling’
Earlier this month, a gambling trade publication accused me of carrying out a “scattergun attack on industry to…
‘Andy Burnham is right to put care before assisted suicide’
On a recent visit to an elderly care home in Golders Green, Andy Burnham made an important observation…
Letters to the Editor – week ending 09 August 2026
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your…
