Budget 2024: ‘If the Tories freeze defence cash, Labour can step up on security’
It is fair to say that few incoming Labour Prime Ministers have inherited more challenges in delivering what…
Manufacturing
‘High interest rates and strict fiscal rules box Labour in – but it still has options’
Labour is going to face a potentially existential problem if – as seems very likely – it is…
Labour must learn the right lessons from German rebalancing
After a brief hiatus, ‘levelling up’ is back. The larger-than-life front man has left the stage, but Michael…
More than 230,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2015, Labour research finds
Research carried out by the Labour Party has found that more than 230,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost…
Starmer pledges to reverse “shocking” manufacturing decline caused by Tories
Keir Starmer has promised to reverse what the Labour leader described as a “shocking decline” in the number…
Why getting industrial transition right is essential for levelling up
The story of the former SSI steelworks in Redcar is a cautionary tale about industrial change. In October…
We’ve won the Battle for Barnoldswick. There is hope for a better Britain
Throughout this pandemic, trade unions and their representatives have demonstrated in a very real way just why they…
Failing to protect jobs now will never be forgiven nor forgotten – Build Back Better
Picking up last weekend’s press, I almost choked on my morning tea when I read that ‘Red Wall…
Community: You can’t make a recovery without manufacturing
On July 8th, Rishi Sunak delivered his summer economic update to parliament. The measures announced were most notable…
Government has left “whole industries exposed” during Covid, says Starmer
Keir Starmer has accused the government of “leaving thousands of jobs and even whole industries exposed”, after new…
