Liam Byrne MP: New times, new project
After the tired Tory years, Keir Starmer has the opportunity to transform Britain. The tide of ideas has turned. The tedious, lacklustre Tory leadership battle revealed one simple elemental truth:…
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson: Spirit Level Lessons
A Six Point Plan For The Right (Left) Kind Of Active Government In 2009, we wrote The Spirit Level, based on our work as epidemiologists researching the social determinants of…
Will Snell: Fair Necessities
Defining and Communicating Fairness Well Can Build Support for Change Picture the scene. Aristotle, Jane Goodall and Judge Rinder meet at a party. What would they talk about? I’d put…
The New Dividing Lines
The Tory leadership battle already tells us where the dividing lines at the next election will be. Well, one thing is already clear. The Tories know they've failed to deliver on…
Post-Brexit voter volatility is not all bad news
We are now five years on from the EU referendum and the massive realignment we have seen in English politics in the protracted fallout from that shows little sign of…
Labour must put a critique of capitalism centre-stage
It's not hard to be pessimistic. No party in Britain has won the 125 seats necessary to form a government from such a base in modern times. The coalition of…
Labour needs to offer a route-map for the young
Today’s young people have suffered economic turmoil, systemic injustices, and the gross inequities of the pandemic. 4.3 million children are living in poverty in the UK. Meanwhile, someone in the mid-20s has…
Rebuilding cultural connection must be part of Labour’s journey
The pandemic has changed our politics, with the results of recent elections and opinion polls reflecting an abnormal and unique set of circumstances. What can the last month’s results tell…