Let Thames Water go bust: It’s time to bring water back into public ownership
England’s privatised water companies are an example of vulture capitalism
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Labour must talk about the day-to-day lack of control that so many feel
Labour will need to connect with voters’ deep sense of lacking control and demonstrate how a Labour government will allow them to ‘take back control’ of their everyday lives.
Paul Nowak: Conservative attacks on the right to protest threaten free speech, free assembly and open democracy
‘The threat to protest and the undermining of the right to strike raise questions about the UK’s commitment to open democracy’
The Labour Party must not follow Tory economic policies
Labour is counting on the unpopularity of the Conservative Party to catapult it into power but in the absence of specific policies and failure to improve quality of life, electoral goodwill will quickly evaporate.
Nimbyism on Wandsworth council shows why we need planning reform
Housing delayed is, after all, housing denied
Wera Hobhouse MP: International Women’s Day 2024 might be behind us, but we should not put women’s rights in the rear-view mirror
The significance of achieving a 50:50 Parliament is not simply about numbers.
We can be both pro-business and pro-union. Here’s how
If Labour is to be bold it could offer subsidies to encourage trade union membership through tax relief. But go one step further.
Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget is a failure both politically and economically
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
If the government wants to tackle ‘extremism’ it should start with its own policies, leaders and donors
The government’s agenda on extremism is a cynical game for securing political advantage
One year on from the Casey Review, here are the reforms still needed to restore trust in the Met
There is no place in policing for bigots, predators and abusers