News & Insight

15 December 2015

Much of the discussion during the leadership debate and since has hinged on the party’s approach to aspiration. John Prescott ridiculed the use of the term, whilst Peter Mandelson said that it is core to Labour’s offer and its ability...

11 December 2015

John McDonnell’s elevation to shadow chancellor startled him as much as anyone. He talks to Mary Riddell about his unexpected journey from crusader of the left to leading the battle to regain Labour’s economic credibility.

10 December 2015

The great immigration debate has been one of the constant features of British politics over the last few years and will undoubtedly continue to be, as we hurtle towards the cliff edge of the European Referendum. I firmly believe that...

9 December 2015

The general election of 2015 did not exactly show ‘Green surge’. The rise in support for the Green Party was one of the second-tier stories of the election, lagging in importance behind the SNP landslide in Scotland, the collapse of...

7 December 2015

On December 7 2015, Tristram Hunt MP delivered a speech on Labour's moral mission to the Fabian Society. The speech was followed by reactions from respondents Owen Jones and Gloria De Piero MP, and by questions from the audience. You can...

1 December 2015

This year marks 60 years since the loss of the 1955 election and the subsequent publication of the Harold Wilson report into Party Organisation. Labour’s organisation was at ‘the penny-farthing stage in a jet-propelled era’ was the conclusion he famously...