Labour and the Conservatives need to reach out to the ordinary voter
Policy Exchange’s David Skelton argues Labour and the Tories need to reconnect with the ordinary voter, and lays out policies which could make it happen.
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Coalition split on riots sentencing
Ed Jacobs discusses new data showing yet another split between the Tories and Lib Dems in government – this time over the proportionality of riot sentencing.
The case for the role of co-operatives in childcare
Dr Éoin Clarke argues, on cost and fairness grounds, for an increased role for co-operatives in childcare.
Social housing needs a ‘New Deal’
Kevin Gulliver argues that the social housing system needs to be re-hauled under a ‘New Deal’.
Tory press office twits should go back to spin school
The Tory press office took to Twitter last night to try to denigrate Ed Miliband’s conference speech, telling a few porkies on the way, reports Shamik Das.
Miliband needs to move the argument beyond mere Tory-bashing
Ed Jacobs rounds up the reaction from the press across the devolved nations, which has focused on how the party needs to rebuild itself and regain credibility.
Balls’s speech gives Labour a solid economic foundation
Cormac Hollingsworth reviews Ed Balls’s Labour party conference speech, and analyses what it means for Labour’s economic policy over the next four years.
Community ownership must be the focus of Miliband’s Labour
Richard Carr surveys the overall political landscape before discussing the role community ownership might have to play in defining Labour in opposition.
Leading Labour: Evaluating Ed Miliband’s first year
Marc Stears is a Visiting Fellow at IPPR and Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford Ed Miliband had a stark message for Labour earlier this year: “Old Labour forgot about the public. New Labour forgot about thetest
Miliband shooting par for leader of the opposition – no more, no less
Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern discusses what the latest polling data means for Ed Miliband, especially when viewed in the context of previous opposition leaders.