by Alan Milburn | Oct 9, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
At a time when more and more people feel like they are losing out, social mobility matters more than ever before, writes Alan Milburn For two decades, successive governments have made the pursuit of higher levels of social mobility one of the holy grails of public...
by Blair McDougall | Oct 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Scottish Labour stopped the unthinkable austerity and calamity of leaving the union. The new leader must remember how, and why, to win again in Scotland, argues Blair McDougall “Again!!??’ That was the message I got from a friend in London when yet another leader of...
by Pamela Nash | Oct 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Support for Scottish independence is on the wane, but that can be no excuse to rest on our laurels, argues Pamela Nash I have lost count of the number of times that people have said to me that the Scottish National party is a ‘busted flush’, and indeed, it is clearly...
by Richard Angell | Oct 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Today the Progress directors have given the green light for us to continue – having secured three years funding and substantially increased regular donations from our members and supporters. This means our important work of renewing the centre-left, stopping a...
by Adam Barnett | Oct 5, 2017 | Progressive reviews
Julia Ebner’s armoury of critical thought – and willingness to humanise even her deadliest enemies – is what makes her well-sourced book so deserving of an audience, writes Adam Barnett The Rage – out today from IB Tauris – is part dedicated to the memory of Jo...
by Nic Dakin MP | Oct 4, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Loyal party supporters in small towns grow tired with Labour and the inadequacies of its post-Brexit position, warns Nic Dakin Labour is in a much better place than it was a year ago, but we still sit on the opposition green benches while this dreadful Conservative...
by Stephen Kinnock MP | Oct 4, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Labour’s next big social democratic project must be to unite our fractured nation Britain has so much going for it – economically, democratically and culturally. Yet as a country we find ourselves more divided and polarised than at any time since the second world war....
by Rosie Corrigan | Oct 3, 2017 | Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon’s authoritative text digs into the rebalancing of political values that lay behind the referendum, writes Rosie Corrigan If you ask someone why they believe that the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, it is likely that you...
by Amina Lone | Oct 3, 2017 | BrexitWatch, Section: Progress Magazine
Priti Patel’s cynical campaign might have changed the Brexit result but its promise cannot be forgotten The tangled web of Britain’s exit from the European Union is no closer to being unravelled. At its heart lies the omnipresent issue of immigration. However one cuts...
by Claire McCarthy | Oct 2, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The Co-operative party’s centenary is an opportunity to express a mutual alternative to Britain’s perennial work and social care problems, writes Claire McCarthy When any organisation marks a significant milestone, like a centenary, the temptation is to spend a lot of...
