Should government departments have CEOs? Our new report makes the case
New governments need to make a splash, to make changes, to make their mark. The first 100 days…
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The most radical part of Starmer’s missions has been overlooked
With a narrowing of the opinion polls, cracks are again emerging in the Labour Party. One persistent criticism…
Rayner targets qualification “snobbery” with new civil service policy
Under new plans put forward by Labour today, applicants for jobs in the civil service would no longer…
John Denham: Haringey is a factional battle – but NEC ruling reflects Labour’s long tradition of centralisation
The Labour national executive committee (NEC) intervention into Haringey, and the resignation of council leader Clare Kober, have…
Mark Serwotka: Beware the establishment fightback against a Corbyn government
This week Jeremy Corbyn said Philip Hammond, the chancellor, was right to call the Labour party an “existential…
Corbyn puts housebuilding at heart of pledge to voters in key marginal
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to set up a housing department in Whitehall as continues his summer campaigning blitz…
Labour can win with the business community but we must end the pseudo-religion of trickle-down economics
Business needs a Labour friend There is a perilous and reactionary shift in attitude in Britain that puts…
Put action on global poverty at heart of manifesto, Fabians tell Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn must use Labour’s manifesto to pledge action on tackling global poverty, protect the environment and deliver…
Jon Trickett: Even when there are more women, the posh boys at the top still make the system work in their favour
Although the Conservatives pledged to “end the pay gap in a generation”, they have totally failed to equalise…
Blair’s speech showed that Brexit austerity is here to stay – and it will get worse
Last October, an analyst at HSBC described sterling as “the de facto opposition to government policy” due to…
