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Seni's Law

Why we need Seni’s Law

Seni Lewis’ death exposed critical failings in our mental health services. It is vital we learn from them, writes Steve Reed

Steve Reed MP

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Section: Web exclusive

A grubby bid to reduce workers’ rights

By using Southern Rail strikes as a precept to attack workers’ rights, the Tories have once again put party politics ahead of the people, argues Steve Reed MP Yesterday parliament voted down a grubby Tory bid to...

Steve Reed MP

4 min read

Section: Web exclusive

Parents of premature babies need support

No new parent is ever fully ready for the challenges of bringing up a baby. But parents of premature babies face overwhelming stress and pressure from an underfunded neonatal care service and outdated employment laws...

Steve Reed MP

3 min read

Section: Web exclusive

Coming together to renew Labour

Labour suffered a painful defeat in 2010 and a worse one in 2015. Jon Cruddas’ review of our election defeat Labour’s Future showed that voters did not trust us on the economy and did not like where we stood on welfare...

Steve Reed MP

3 min read

Section: Web exclusive

What can Labour learn from local government?

Labour in local government is credible, relevant, and wins elections. Those are the words of Leeds city council’s deputy leader James Lewis, and I could not put it better myself. When we can describe Labour nationally...

Steve Reed MP

4 min read

Commentary Section: Progress Magazine

Could Labour die?

Sharing power, and reforming the Labour party to do it, could breathe new life into our politics After Labour’s staggering defeat in 2010 few people thought we could go down even further, but in 2015 we did. We were...

Steve Reed MP

5 min read

Let it go: Power to the people in public services

‘It’s a partnership between clinician and service user’

It is likely that people’s lives have been saved thanks to personal budgets, say Gill Ruecroft and Sarahlee Richards Anne, a mother and grandmother, had been using mental health services for over 10 years and had a...

Liz Kendall MPSteve Reed MP

8 min read

Let it go: Power to the people in public services

‘Change or get out of the way’

Josh MacAlister is spearheading a revolution in social work empowering both families and practitioners Three years ago only 10 Oxbridge graduates applied to go on social work courses. In 2013, 200 students from Oxford...

Liz Kendall MPSteve Reed MP

8 min read

Let it go: Power to the people in public services

‘I would have been angry too’

Labour needs to learn to let go, says Jim McMahon ‘If we had gone into marriage guidance counselling at that point,’ says Jim McMahon of the relationship between Oldham council and its residents two years ago...

Liz Kendall MPSteve Reed MP

9 min read

Let it go: Power to the people in public services

‘You need to know when to let go’

We need to ‘think family’ and work back from there, argues Jayne Moules From unemployment to drug and alcohol dependency, the public sector’s approach to supporting families struggling with multiple problems is often...

Liz Kendall MPSteve Reed MP

8 min read

Author - Steve Reed MP

Why we need Seni’s Law

A grubby bid to reduce workers’ rights

Parents of premature babies need support

Coming together to renew Labour

What can Labour learn from local government?

Could Labour die?

‘It’s a partnership between clinician and service user’

‘You need to know when to let go’

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