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…
Social Care
Cooper calls for protest-free zones outside abortion clinics
Yvette Cooper has called for a ban on pro-life protests outside abortion clinics. Many anti-abortion groups encourage as…
Burnham announces Beveridge-style commission to review care service and potential graduate tax
Andy Burnham will announce that he plans to form a Beveridge-style commission to review the funding and delivery…
The Sunnyfesto
Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note:…
The choice is not between decent hospitals and a properly defended country
I’m a big fan of John Prescott. His role in the OMOV debate at Annual Conference in 1993…
Miliband unveils 5-point plan to deal with A&E crisis
Ed Miliband has laid out how Labour would solve the A&E crisis. In an interview with the Daily…
The care we need
This article is from Our Labour, Our Communities – a pamphlet of 10 essays by Labour PPCs, published by LabourList…
Labour MPs get behind Social Care campaign
A Month ago I wrote a piece attacking the scandal of the care workers who don’t receive the minimum…
Living Wage week – a time to think about the care challenge Labour needs to address
Living Wage week is when we celebrate the fact that tens of thousands of low paid workers are…
A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work
By Liz Kendall and Richard Watts Entrusting the care of a loved one to a paid professional can…
