News & Insight

15 January 2014

In October, many northern citizens were told to pack their bags and move elsewhere for work. This latest call came in The Economist, who asserted that “governments should not try to rescue failing towns” such as Hull, Middlesbrough, Burnley and...

15 January 2014

The Human Rights Act (HRA) was a major achievement of the last Labour Government, putting explicit human rights protections into British law for the very first time. However, we should expect it to come under sustained attack in 2014. Already...

14 January 2014

This morning Ed Miliband set out to welcome Daily Telegraph readers into the ranks of the ‘squeezed middle’. Until now the focus of Labour’s ‘cost of living crisis’ has been on people with low-ish incomes. But from now on, when...

14 January 2014

That young voters have a low turnout during elections is not a new phenomenon. However, what is new - and alarming - is that young people are now even less likely to vote than young people a generation ago. Recent...

14 January 2014

Lobbying has become a new swear word if you believe the hype about the Lobbying Bill which is going through Parliament. Sometimes when all parties in Parliament agree on something you have to look a bit more closely to see if...

13 January 2014

One of the biggest talking points in Labour circles last month was Alastair Campbell’s return to Labour. Following a leaked memo, it was confirmed that Campbell has joined Ed Miliband’s advisory election team in the run up to 2015. Campbell...