News & Insight

Shaping the futurescape

5 October 2017

Labour must prepare for the challenges of government in the 2020s, writes Andrew Harrop. Only time will tell what form Brexit takes and how it will impact on our lives. The omens for the future are not good. But for now,...

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What local communities need

4 October 2017

Labour’s landmark 2017 manifesto declared Labour to be ‘the party of devolution’ and promised to hand power back to communities. Expanding community asset transfers (CATs) would help us to live this creed, acting as a catalyst to empower our communities...

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Interview

A sense of justice

3 October 2017

Labour is carving out a new place for itself, says David Lammy. He talks race and the justice system, Grenfell and Brexit with Kate Murray.

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Labour, liberty and human rights

2 October 2017

In a seemingly ever more unequal and polarised world, human rights discourse should be a way of responding to enormous threats and challenges guided by past experience and universal values. In a sometimes coarse and toxic political debate, essays rather...

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More homework

1 October 2017

Labour has the most leftwing leader in its history. So how, in this election, did the party present a policy programme that would increase child poverty? It is a troubling question and it casts a long shadow over Labour’s hugely...

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Labour will transform our social security system

29 September 2017

Over the last seven years disabled people have borne the brunt of the cuts inflicted on them by the Conservative government and the coalition before them. These cuts have had a detrimental effect on the lives of disabled people, cutting...

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