News & Insight

Should we make landlords let to tenants on benefits?

9 January 2014

It was quite astounding to see Eric Pickles stand up in parliament during prime minister's questions yesterday and claim that landlords and letting agents do not advertise for non-DSS tenants. Were Mr Pickles to open his eyes he would see...

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2014, Labour's year of...workers on boards

9 January 2014

I am a proud trade unionist and have been fighting for workers rights since long before I came into Parliament. There is always a role to be played by trade unions in negotiating with management on behalf of their member. Countries...

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Pressures on A&E prove we need integrated care

8 January 2014

My alarm is a clock radio. I am woken up by the Today programme, and as I doze in bed there is always a special joy in my heart when I realise that they are running a health story. This...

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Child protection - steps forward

8 January 2014

Reviews into the failure to protect children make for depressing reading - not just because of their subject matter. Too often we find the principal reasons for failure are the same as in previous reviews: they include not having a...

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Labour's New Towns: Building communities

7 January 2014

In planning to build five new towns, shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds has an opportunity to spark a vital connection to the future from Labour’s past. The postwar new towns borrowed from an Edwardian environmental tradition but were essentially a Labour...

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Miliband is right to tackle cheap foreign labour

6 January 2014

I am delighted that Ed Miliband has announced that Labour will work with businesses to promote equal pay and conditions for agency staff across Europe. Our newspapers report daily how people blame Europe for immigration and this run-up to the new...

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