‘Labour’s public service reform plans lack clarity – and risk derailment as a result’
The crisis in public services is visible to every British citizen. Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, exhausted staff. All…
Reform
‘GPs don’t want practices nationalised or privatised – but many want change’
A recent LabourList comment piece by Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs, described Labour…
Keir Starmer’s full health mission speech today: An NHS fit for the future
It’s fantastic to be here in Braintree, because 16 years ago, I got married here, just down the…
Will a Keir Starmer government bring continuity or change?
Speaking at a Progressive Britain conference this weekend, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised to go ‘further and deeper’…
Labour cannot shy away from the debate on public service reform
Within the Labour party there is continued disquiet around the ‘R’ word. It’s a word that evokes painful memories…
Blair’s think tank points the way for how Labour can use tech to deliver social justice
Technology is, for better or worse, a permanent and important part of our future. As this piece is…
UK to see “crisis of living standards” without overhaul of social security, new report finds
The UK is set to see a sharp rise in child poverty, worsening circumstances for low-income families and…
Get democratic reform back on Labour’s agenda where it belongs
These are difficult times for British politics. Trust in politics and politicians has been in freefall since the…
Reforming the state is the biggest issue in British politics
Anyone who doesn’t live on a peculiarly disconnected desert island would recognise we’re living through a political crisis.…
A shared mission to succeed – full text of Ed Miliband’s speech to Policy Network
Thanks to Mike Wright, John Armitt, Maggie Philbin and Andrew Adonis for their inspiring presentations. I was…
