The key to reducing inequality? Stronger trade unions
The widening gap between rich and poor reflects a decline in trade union power, so argue the authors of the bestselling book The Spirit Level.
Ed Miliband
Labour is hitting the right notes on tax avoidance
Labour is willing to talk about tax avoidance but also tax evasion. For too long politicians have ducked the issue.
Labour outlines progressive vision for the Union
Scotland can be part of a progressive union, Miliband will say today.
Bring back Alan Johnson, say Left Foot Forward readers
Left Foot Forward readers overwhelmingly want the former shadow chancellor brought back into the fold.
Labour’s ‘benefit cut’ for young people: populist or progressive?
Some of the criticism of Labour’s welfare plans is misplaced.
The Condition of Britain report lives up to the hype
Labour and IPPR’s Condition of Britain report is practical, well thought through, implementable and costed.
Progressives should back Ed Miliband’s welfare proposals
Working class voters, who the left is supposed to champion, want a fairer and more contributory welfare system.
How Labour can woo back working class voters
It isn’t enough to promise only to ‘listen’ to working class concerns.
Is Keynesianism now dead?
Nick Clegg’s speech yesterday suggests perhaps not.
Still think we don’t need Miliband’s price freeze?
The energy companies are now making a record £96 per household.