Elected to parliament a year ago, Progress vice-chair Dan Jarvis is one of Labour’s rising stars. He talks to Robert Philpot and Adam Harrison about his time in Afghanistan and the tough fight ahead for the party It is the day of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens and shadow arts minister …
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England, England
If Labour wants to reconnect with working-class voters, it must start articulating a progressive form of English patriotism
Minimum alcohol pricing
Trebles all round as the government fails to quench the thirst for cheap booze
The civic challenge
Banning organisations such as Islam4UK could be effective, but it is only the start
Race and disadvantage today
In an exclusive interview with Progress, Chuka Umunna, Labour PPC for Streatham, responds to the government's claim today that race is no longer an automatic indicator of disadvantage
Islam4UK ban steals headlines
The group is squeezing out Muslim mainstream from the media
What’s in a drink?
Alcohol labelling reform would confuse, not clarify, says Gillian Merron, public health minister
Ben Bradshaw lecture to Progress
In the fifth lecture in Progress' New Thinking for Britain's Next Decade series, Ben Bradshaw says the cultural and sporting renaissance enjoyed under Labour would be put at risk by a Conservative government
Bigger picture
The BBC is failing to see who its real friends – and enemies – are, says Ben Bradshaw
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