Miliband must improve his personal ratings if he wants to be prime minister
Ed Miliband’s poor personal ratings will eventually catch up with the party, as we’re starting to see in the polls.
Labour
GP appointment within 48 hours under a Labour government
NHS patients will be guaranteed a GP appointment within 48 hours under a Labour government.
Jump in working housing benefit claimants makes mockery of coalition welfare claims
A jump in the number of housing benefit claimants shows the government is prioritising being ‘tough’ about benefits ahead of being correct about them.
Lords reform is an opportunity for Labour, not an obstacle
Labour can again be the party of transformative constitutional reform, writes Dan Sharp.
Miliband is ripping up the Thatcherite model of private renting
The private rented sector offers flexibility to landlords but very little stability for tenants, writes Tom Copley.
Miliband is offering ‘generation rent’ a radical and attractive alternative
Ed Miliband will today announce plans to cap excessive rent increases and give tenants greater security over tenancies.
Government ‘trying to stigmatise job seekers’, says trade union
Labour and Unite have slammed the government’s new mandatory Community Work Placement scheme, reports Rob Edwards.
Labour beats the Tories when it comes to local MPs
New findings suggest Labour MPs are 73 per cent ‘more local’ than Tories.
Why Miliband’s zero hours contract pledge is spot on
Ed Miliband won’t be able to ban zero hours contracts, but he is tackling the worst way they are abused, writes James Bloodworth.
We’re failing to win the argument on human rights
It’s not just that we’re denied space to make the argument, it’s that we’ve failed to make a convincing case for human rights, argues Andrew Noakes.