Comment As London Labour meets, let the party look to the capital for what we can achieve London Labour will gather for its conference this weekend to reflect on the past and plan for the future. … Omar Salem 24th November, 2017, 12:00 pm
Comment It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea… Stewart Lansley 15th November, 2017, 9:00 am
Comment Universal credit chaos shows the Tories see poverty as simply a lifestyle choice Universal credit has become a parliamentary inconvenience for Theresa May and the Tories. May has struggled to justify… Mark Brophy 26th October, 2017, 2:15 pm
Comment PMQs verdict: Corbyn emerges with credit as May plods on in work but not in power Theresa May cannot get away from universal credit – and Jeremy Corbyn cannot get to it quickly enough.… Peter Edwards 25th October, 2017, 2:14 pm
Comment It would be painful but here’s why Labour should drop its £11bn tuition fees pledge Labour didn’t win the last election but, if much of the media is to be believed, it was… Peter Tutykhin 25th October, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment Joe Anderson: Universal credit could mean Christmas is cancelled for struggling families “When you’ve got nothing you’ve got nothing to lose”, sang Bob Dylan. Unfortunately that’s not true. When you’ve… Joe Anderson 12th October, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment Kate Green: We want it, the public wants it, so now is the time to be bold on welfare The general election result suggests an appetite for Labour’s progressive and inclusive message, of hope for a better… Kate Green 27th June, 2017, 9:08 am
Comment The Tories’ new toxicity gives Labour a chance to do the decent thing on welfare The abandonment of some of the most regressive policies of the Conservative manifesto in the Queen’s Speech —… Jade Azim 26th June, 2017, 12:00 pm
Comment If May moves away from austerity then it is because of Corbyn’s message of hope Fighting for her political life, Theresa May reportedly told her shrunken band of MPs that “austerity is over”. Deep… Lucy Rigby 14th June, 2017, 7:00 am
News McDonnell pledges benefits reforms as he attacks top Tory’s “fatuous economic talk” John McDonnell has said Labour will “in effect” cancel the Tory freeze on benefits as he engaged in a… Peter Edwards 21st May, 2017, 6:03 pm