Featuring Darren Jones MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Well, of course there’s a German word for it. Gestaltzerfall. Sounds like a festive desert, or perhaps a Winter Olympic candidate city. It’s the phenomenon we all know whereby we read a word so many times that it loses
It is hard to start 2024 without a spring in the step. Labour is roughly 20 points ahead of the Conservatives, with healthy leads on the economy, crime, and the NHS. The received wisdom is that there will be a change of government this year, even if Rishi Sunak pushes
This piece is co-authored by Rachel Blake, Labour’s PPC for Cities of London & Westminster, and Joe Powell, Labour’s PPC for for Kensington & Bayswater. During debates in the Commons following the Autumn Statement, Dame Margaret Hodge highlighted financial mismanagement of the Government, such as the colossal wastage of money
We all remember the scenes – a Prime Minister and Chancellor standing side-by-side outside Downing Street each week, honouring front-line NHS staff who risked their lives each day serving the public, while many of us were instructed to stay home. Did this nationwide celebration of the NHS inspire renewed respect
It’s finally here. Soon, or soon-ish at least. The real chance to change things for the better. The moment to draw an end to this succession line of the shambolic, to turn from this family psychodrama pretending to be national policy, and to get on with the near-extinct priority of
Keir Starmer and John Healey’s visit to Estonia to meet our troops sends all the right signals. It further buried the Corbyn past, assured our allies of our present and enduring commitment to NATO, and shows the solidity of our solidarity in helping ensure the safe future of Ukraine.Labour MP
Michael Gove, as the Secretary of State overseeing the Government’s repeated failures to deliver on housebuilding, should have used his recent speech to apologise to the rest of the country who he has repeatedly short-changed from the housing they need.However, even though we have seen a generation forget their dreams of homeownership,
After 13 years of the Tories, our NHS maternity services are in deep crisis. The latest threat is the proposal to close the maternity unit at the Whittington hospital, which serves the communities in Islington and Haringey. This is not an isolated issue: it speaks to wider challenges with maternity
The Hamas pogrom and civilian casualties in Gaza are expanding a profound faultline between the “Kibbutzim Left” and the “Nakba Left.” The first says that the creation of Israel was legitimate and that its collectivist communes and Labour Governments were beacons of hope. The second focuses on displaced Palestinians in
In a speech in Italy, the Prime Minister said that insufficient action would lead to growing numbers that will “overwhelm our countries and our capacity to help those who need our help most” warning that failing to tackle illegal migration would “destroy the public’s faith” in politicians and governments. Mr
