‘Give us more time to do more’: Hackney Labour’s campaign to retain control of local council
Hackney – East London’s so-called ‘hipster hub’, home to a diverse culture and vibrant feeling. Birthplace of Idris…
Rachel Reeves
‘On Europe, can Labour learn to (Swiss) roll with it?’
Ten years on, it is easy to forget doing Brexit this way was a choice. Boris Johnson’s deal…
‘The politics of the Gambling Levy money’
The statutory levy marks a long-overdue shift in how gambling harm services are funded in Great Britain, through…
‘From referee to coach – Labour needs a new theory of what it’s for’
I knocked on doors in Gosport in November 2024. The winter fuel payment decision was fresh and the…
Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must intervene to tackle the causes of the cost of living crisis’
For more than half a decade, Britain has been stuck in a cost-of-living crisis. Life’s essentials have become…
‘It is time for the Lords Spiritual to leave the House of Lords’
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill fulfils a manifesto promise of constitutional reform and modernisation. Yet the…
‘MattGPT and Me’
As some of you may have seen, it has not been a good week for ReformUK’s failed Gorton…
Fight for London begins as Labour launch local election campaigns across England
Campaigning is officially underway for Labour across England, following Keir Starmer’s local election launch speech in Wolverhampton. Starmer…
‘Tom Belger column: ‘Starmerism’s officially empty. It’s why he won but may be why he’s done’
An empty taxi drew up, and out stepped Keir Starmer. The old gag about Clement Attlee is far…
‘What Labour can learn from Denmark’s ‘pigs and water’ election?’
On 24th March, the Danes went to the polls, but no clear winner emerged. While it looks like…
