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Labour's Britain: A covenant with carers

21 September 2014

As the party conference season begins, Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers and former ministers seem determined to create a PR smokescreen over the gaps and errors in their policies affecting carers. David Cameron said the government will become “family friendly” and...

Labour's Britain: A public housing boom

20 September 2014

Almost every Labour councillor and most Labour MPs, especially those representing inner city communities, will tell you that their largest area of casework involves housing. For many, it’s the lack of any social housing to meet their constituents’ needs, for...

Labour's Britain: Helping a forgotten generation

20 September 2014

I represent one of the country’s youngest constituencies with over a fifth of residents under 16. So, of course, I work with and campaign for children and young people. But I worry too about the long term impact of the forgotten...

Labour's retirement revolution

19 September 2014

If the Labour Party wins the 2015 election it will come to power 32 days into a revolution in pension policy that is set to leave British retirements permanently diminished. So the Opposition must use the next six months to...

Review: The Blunders of our Governments

10 September 2014

The Blunders of our Governments by Anthony King and Ivor Crewe, the result of four years research, is a major contribution to the discussion around some of the domestic legacies of both the Thatcher/Major and Blair/Brown governments. The authors seek to...

Air pollution: A hidden killer

10 September 2014

In 1952, during the great smog of London, 4000 people died from the pollution that filled the air. In 2014, almost 30,000 people in the UK will die prematurely because of air pollution. Today, as Maria Eagle and Sadiq Khan...

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