How significant is Corbyn and Sultana’s 600,000 sign ups to their new party?
Is this an historic moment?
Opinion
Fixing social care can help fix the economy
Debate on the funding of social care always emphasises the costs, not the financial gains
Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech offered nothing for most people
‘The state needs to be hands-on, and not leave it all to the pirates of City of London’
Chris Hinchliff MP: Labour needs to take on vested interests and put people before profit
The Labour MP for North East Hertfordshire urges the government to stop playing it safe and take on the vested interests holding the country back.
Brian Leishman MP: ‘This government should lift people out of poverty’
After a year in Parliament, Leishman writes about how he’s been holding the Labour government to account.
British democracy is broken – and that is why we are launching the campaign for Compulsory Voting
With voter turnout unequal and at a near-historic low, the Constitution Society’s Dr David Klemperer makes the case for compulsory voting
The welfare bill still threatens even deeper cuts and is morally indefensible
‘This creates a two-tier welfare state: those lucky enough to qualify before the changes will receive support to live, though not necessarily with dignity’
How the Building Safety Regulator has become the slow death of Labour’s housing agenda
The BSR isn’t protecting people, it is paralysing housing starts in the places that need them most.
The government’s Disability Benefit Cuts Bill is impossible to support
Labour MP Chris Hinchliff explains why he doesn’t support the disability benefit cuts
How puddles are blocking building the homes we need
There are many barriers to building the new homes we so urgently need, but puddles are perhaps the most surprising