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.
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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.
How Labour drove the Lib Dems out of Brent
There are powerful lessons in the Lib Dems’ decimation in London which the Labour Party would do well to remember.
Still think we don’t need Miliband’s price freeze?
The energy companies are now making a record £96 per household.
Poll: Should Labour support restrictions on the free movement of workers?
Should the party pledge to introduce tougher restrictions if it returns to office?
It’s time One Nation Labour got a bit more specific
The electorate prefer their politics in humanoid rather than wonkery.
How Labour can win a mandate for change
The spending squeeze will be dramatic and tough, requiring a very different governing strategy for Labour.
Unemployment: London councils intervene and business likes it
The old-fashioned attitude that says business needs freeing from the state so that it can be competitive is being overturned by councils of all colours.