Delegates pass electoral reform motions including House of Lords abolition
Delegates at Labour’s annual conference have passed motions backing the introduction of proportional representation for general elections and…
Social Care
As we bury the Queen, now is the time to ask: what do we expect from the state?
On Westminster Bridge the other night, Australia’s ABC channel reporter Barbara Miller was looking for someone to do…
Our first step to a National Care Service will be paying carers a proper wage
This weekend, I marched through the streets of Tredegar to celebrate the memory of Nye Bevan. It was…
We desperately need an alternative to the orthodox economic consensus
As we emerge from the end of the pandemic – to the extent that there will ever be an…
Conservatives bounce from one scandal to another ahead of the local elections
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, it’s been a bad week for the Tories. Yesterday…
We cannot let vulnerable children slip down the agenda again
During the sixth minute of football matches played across the country last weekend, the crowds for both teams…
28 months after the PM promised to ‘fix’ social care, the plan is unfair and lacking
Ministers today unveiled a ten-year ‘vision’ for social care. 28 months after Boris Johnson told the public that…
Liz Kendall sets out Labour priorities for social care in NCASC speech
Shadow minister Liz Kendall has used a speech today to set out Labour’s priorities for social care –…
“Working-class dementia tax” to affect Midlands and North worst, analysis finds
Plans to cover the costs of the recently unveiled social care policy described by Keir Starmer as a…
PMQs: Tory social care plan is “working-class dementia tax”, says Starmer
It would be funny watching the mental gymnastics of Boris Johnson trying to square the circle of his…
