by Ibrahim Dogus | Sep 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour’s position on the single market is good for small and medium-sized businesses and workers alike, writes SME4Labour chair Ibrahim Dogus Last week, Keir Starmer – shadow secretary of state for exiting the European Union – clarified Labour’s approach to...
by Sam Alvis | Sep 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
As conference season approaches, Labour must be willing to move past opposition for opposition’s sake and learn to embrace ideas that work – wherever they come from, argues Sam Alvis The problems facing Britain in 2017 need radical policy solutions. Something...
by Seema Malhotra MP | Sep 13, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
To renew its promise to young people, Britain requires a new answer to its social mobility crisis, argues Seema Malhotra The Social Mobility Commission’s annual State of the Nation report at the end of last year confirmed what we all know – that Britain has a deep...
by Bilal Mahmood | Sep 13, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The next Labour government must tear down the barriers to social mobility that young Muslims living in the United Kingdom face, argues Bilal Mahmood The Social Mobility Commission has reported that young Muslims living in the United Kingdom face an enormous challenge...
by Kate Green MP | Sep 12, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The answer to Britain’s low pay crisis is not more years of austerity and uncertainty, but a pay rise for those struggling to make ends meet, writes Kate Green MP A report from the Child Poverty Action Group last month showed that working parents are finding it...
by John Hannett | Sep 11, 2017 | #TUC17, Section: Progress Magazine
Trade union decline is not inevitable, argues Usdaw general secretary John Hannett The latest figures on trade union membership in the United Kingdom showed that it fell to 6.2 million, down 4.6 per cent on last year. Times are certainly tough for unions. We are...
by Sue Ferns | Sep 11, 2017 | #TUC17, Section: Progress Magazine
The Taylor review is a start but not the blueprint many had hoped for, writes Sue Ferns Ten years on from the financial crash there is no doubt that British workers are still feeling the heat. While we might not have experienced mass unemployment as in previous...
by Gloria De Piero MP | Sep 8, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Labour conference should be for all our members – and show the public we are in touch with their concerns, say Michael Cashman and Gloria De Piero With so much meaningful policy to discuss – on Brexit, the Tory-DUP deal and its impact on all our communities, falling...
by Adam Harrison | Sep 7, 2017 | Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
Adam Harrison argues that while there are needles in David Owen and David Ludlow’s haystack, they are hard to find Britain’s future beyond March 2019 remains deeply unclear. So we should welcome those who make a serious effort to chart a way ahead. Former foreign...
by Conor Pope | Sep 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Progress interview
James Graham tells Richard Angell and Conor Pope why his new play Labour of Love is set in a ‘grotty’ constituency Labour party office Even in the final weeks of summer, an election poster still remains up in a window a few doors down from the London rehearsal room...
