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The offer to voters

We asked parliamentarians, Fabians, writers and academics for their Labour policy ideas

Although the country is still waiting for the publication of Labour’s manifesto, we already have a good idea of some of the flagship policies it will contain. First, there...

The politics of migration

The former foreign secretary, David Miliband, observed a couple of years ago that all over the world there are "societies struggling to cope with migration, and to cope without it". His words could be applied to the tension in British...

Go local

'All politics is local.' If this old American refrain should ring true anywhere today it is in the marginal constituencies of Labour MPs. In the face of worrying poll numbers, many have suggested that Labour candidates looking to defend their...

While the superficial sunshine lasts


In going for an early election focused on Brexit, the Conservative government knows even the superficially good economic news is unlikely to last.


Four years of GDP growth, high levels of employment, the deficit down to pre-2008 levels and the stock...

Winning public trust

Labour should remember that first and foremost we are all patients and users of the NHS. That means we all have experiences – good and bad – of our health service. How Labour talks about the NHS must resonate with...

Promises, promises

After the ‘longest suicide note in history’ back in 1983, Labour, on its journey towards modernisation, latched on to the idea of the ‘symbolic policy’: a policy that illustrates a party’s long term values and vision while also connecting strongly...

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