Cruddas resigns from Shadow Cabinet to Chair independent review of why Labour lost
Today Acting Leader Harriet Harman is conducting a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle – but Labour’s Policy Review Co-ordinator Jon…
Jon Cruddas
Labour’s Manifesto – Where Blue Labour meets “Brown Labour”
Ed Miliband was in fine form for Labour’s manifesto launch in Manchester this morning. His delivery was soaring,…
Blue Labour makes a comeback with launch of new book
On Saturday, Blue Labour: Forging a New Centre Ground – a book written by high-profile figures of the…
Cruddas: government should stop outsourcing to companies “driven purely by corporate profit”
Jon Cruddas, who’s involved in writing Labour’s manifesto, has said that companies motivated solely by making profit should…
What is going into the Young Britain Manifesto?
Earlier this month, Ed Miliband announced that Labour will offer a young people’s manifesto before the election: the…
It’s not only the election campaign that will stop in May: the sneering, the hype and the bluffing will too
“If something cannot go on forever it will stop,” said the American economist Herbert Stein. That is a thought…
‘Love and work, these two things only’ – Jon Cruddas’s speech to the Relationships Alliance
Thank you for inviting me. And Chris [Sherwood], you and your team – Helen Undy and Sarah Milsom…
Labour should keep its edge on neighbourhood empowerment
The last Labour government wanted services made accountable to local communities. As Communities Minister in 2006, David Miliband…
Push but don’t preach – the challenge for Labourites everywhere
After Ed Miliband’s 2012 conference speech I wrote about the philosophy behind ‘One Nation.’ I wrote that the…
Government is broken – Labour need to use the digital revolution
People are shut out of government and they know it. Government is broken. The British state is not…
