News & Insight

27 April 2016

Six months before the 2015 general election, some of us identified the question of “how can Labour win in England?” as an existential challenge. MPs like John Denham, Jon Cruddas and Steve Reed, PPCs including Polly Billington and Rowenna Davis, local...

26 April 2016

The Welsh NHS goes into the assembly elections in good heart. It does so despite the very real stresses and strains it faces, a result of cuts imposed by the UK government. It does so despite the sustained campaign of vilification...

26 April 2016

Returning a Labour government in the Welsh assembly elections in May is first and foremost about securing the best outcomes for the people of Wales. But it is also important for Labour across the UK, as it demonstrates the difference...

26 April 2016

In September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour party by an overwhelming 59 per cent of the electorate. His candidacy had, at first, been considered something of a token gesture but his campaign then...

25 April 2016

A few days ago I gave a speech in Salford’s Media City making the case for why we need to stay in the European Union and the benefits for our economy. The question at the heart of the referendum is how...

25 April 2016

After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 two women in southern Germany asked their energy company to provide the city’s 2,000 inhabitants with only renewable energy. They were told it couldn’t be done.