Seeing off Brexit by changing the Treaty of Rome into a Treaty of Home
The only way to see off anti-EU and extreme right-wing parties is to start a debate about a radical new direction for Europe.
Good Society
We need to bring democracy back to life. Let’s start with the House of Lords
The events of this week were yet another reminder of how far behind Westminster is in adapting to the new world.
UKIP continue to lead in Rochester and Strood
UKIP’s lead in the seat is up from the 9-point lead it had in a similar poll published earlier this month.
Five reasons we need a stronger recall bill
The ‘power of recall’ doesn’t really give constituents the right to recall their MP.
It isn’t just child poverty that limits social mobility; inequality does too
The side of social mobility that no politician will talk about: making rich-but-dim children downwardly mobile.
Until recently the Tories said Jose Manuel Barroso’s views were ‘definitive’
When the European Commission president agrees with David Cameron his views are ‘definitive’.
Exclusive: An open letter to Iain Duncan Smith: Universal Credit questions that need answering
Existing problems with Universal credit risk being replicated unless you resolve them.
Disabled people know what it will take to help them into work. Will Labour listen?
Labour must prove it has changed its spots since the days of hiring Lord Freud as welfare reform adviser under Tony Blair.
The Lyons Review: Britain’s housing crisis – and how we solve it
Labour has published its plans on how it will deliver 200,000 homes a year in the UK.
Older women are demanding a better deal and Labour must deliver it
The UK has a 43 per cent gap between pensions received by men and women – the third highest level in the EU.