Day: October 30, 2026

The risk with a Budget chock full of “everyday fixes” is the accusation it lacks imagination. Britain has huge intractable problems and the PM and his Chancellor are… giving us £100 for another major energy crisis? You see a version of this charge under every Instagram video by Andy Burnham.

Last month, for the first time in years, upReach held a fringe meeting at a Party Conference. We were pleased to do so in partnership with Progress. We did this because there is real urgency to removing a major barrier to career success for young people from working class and