News & Insight

7 October 2015

Praising the contribution of immigrants to the country, celebrating progress on equality and promising to finish the fight to end social injustice. An all-out assault on poverty and its causes, a national crusade to get young people into home ownership;...

7 October 2015

Everyone knows we’re in the grip of a housing crisis that’s been years in the making. It’s the biggest issue facing my constituents in London: since I was elected as an MP in May, housing has been far and away...

5 October 2015

While Labour was busy debating who should lead the party over the next parliament, George Osborne and David Cameron moved swiftly to close down political dividing lines and broaden electoral appeal. Thus the first Conservative budget in almost two decades was...

5 October 2015

It is five months since the exit poll that shattered Labour’s dreams of a return to office after just one term. Now, after an extraordinary and unexpected summer of internal debate, the party must face up to the task the...

5 October 2015

Hogging houses. Avoiding the chancellor’s axe. Beneficiaries of generous pensions and healthcare from government. This is the stereotype of a babyboomer, today’s 50 and 60-somethings who have become the new bankers: lambasted for their apparent selfishness. The babyboomers have indeed been...

1 October 2015

The human crisis of refugees desperate to find asylum highlights why being at the heart of European politics is critical for the Labour Party as we speed towards next year’s Brexit referendum. David Cameron and his government have refused to be...