“A new partnership for prosperity” – Keir Starmer’s speech to CBI conference
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Labour leader Keir Starmer at the Confederation of…
Skills
Through our cyber hub, we will prepare young people for the jobs of the future
When Labour established the NHS in 1948, Nye Bevan said he was going to ‘Tredegarise’ our health service.…
The unions have a key role to play in addressing the UK’s skills crisis
Trade unions have a long tradition of supporting learning and skills at work. One of the key debates…
Labour must set out a vision for a wholesale revolution of adult education
We face a huge skills challenge in the UK. The skills demanded by employers are constantly evolving as…
The Lifelong Learning Commission offers us a roadmap through Covid
Given the unique pressures thrown up by coronavirus, how should we respond quickly but with footprints that also…
Tom Watson: Tech doesn’t have to mean a dystopia – why it is time to hug an android
Much has been written about the impact of technological change and the dystopian future we could all face…
My father’s journey from Jamaica shows why Labour must invest in skills and give young people a chance to do better
“With every challenge comes an opportunity” – former Labour home secretary John Reid, July 2013. The quote is one…
Fabians: 20 years on from “education, education, education”, why Labour should put skills at the heart of its manifesto
With little time to prepare a manifesto, Labour’s election campaign is in desperate need of flagship policies that…
Amid his obsession with austerity, Osborne has failed to build a balanced economy beyond London
Labour strongly believes that the Tory governments of recent parliaments have been bad for the economy. Taking the most…
Jon Trickett: Let Labour come together to fight these Thatcherite cuts to local government
I was a councillor in Leeds when Mrs Thatcher was the Prime Minister. It was bad then for…
