News & Insight

26 September 2012

Recently I was asked how excited members of the Labour party were about their membership. As we were talking, Anne-Marie Huby (co-founder of Justgiving.com) then pointed to research published by the Harvard Business School that suggests the best reflection of...

26 September 2012

The first 18 months of recovery up to mid-2011 had looked promising, particularly for manufacturers. The sector was delivering an increased share of output, providing a boost to our trade performance and investing more than the wider economy. Since then...

25 September 2012

For the last two years I and many others have called and called again for political panels in general – and particularly those around the Labour party conference – to be a bit more gender balanced; to at least have...

25 September 2012

The Labour policy review is well into its second year and on its second custodian but are we any clearer as to where it’s taking the party and who owns the current policy positions? We need to avoid creating false...

24 September 2012

The analysis of the 2010 general election showed a very strong correlation between the level of contact with voters and the result. There was also a very strong positive correlation between the result and having a local organiser. That’s why...

24 September 2012

Jobcentre Plus is the main point of contact with the state for job seekers and it needs to adapt. In an ideal world, visiting the jobcentre should be like visiting your GP. The role of the person helping you should...