by Iain Wright MP | Apr 6, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The government should put intellectual property protection at the heart of the industrial strategy, writes chairman of the business, energy and industrial strategy select committee Iain Wright MP The government’s proposals for an industrial strategy provide a...
by Gideon Hymas | Apr 6, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour must do all they can to support businesses that are working hard to make their workplaces more inclusive to LGBTQ employees, writes Gideon Hymas The Labour party, more than any other political party in the United Kingdom, has driven forward the cause of LGBTQ...
by Joan Ryan MP | Apr 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Jeremy Corbyn must prove that pronouncements about zero tolerance towards antisemitism are more than just words, argues Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan MP Despite being found guilty of bringing Labour into disrepute, Ken Livingstone was apparently saved from...
by Jay Stoll | Apr 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
If Ken Livingstone could attend Seder with my family I might be spared the indignity of having to explain Labour’s inaction on antisemitism, argues Jay Stoll Next week is Passover, the Jewish festival of liberation. For those unfamiliar, or for comrades a bit...
by Mike Katz | Apr 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Jeremy Corbyn needs to step in and ensure the Ken Livingstone verdict is urgently reviewed, writes Jewish Labour Movement vice-chair Mike Katz Yesterday’s verdict on was a slap on the wrist for Ken Livingstone and a slap in the face for Jewish Labour members and...
by Richard Angell | Apr 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour failed in its duty to make the party a safe space for Jewish people, writes Progress director Richard Angell Yesterday Labour launched its local election campaign with the slogan ‘Standing up for you’. By the end of day it was shown to be utterly...
by Editorial | Apr 4, 2017 | Editorial, Section: Progress Magazine
There is no going back to New Labour, only going forward with its ‘attitude of mind’ The Labour party finds success a challenge. It is much more au fait with failure – it expects it. The Conservative party ran Britain for 57 years of the last century. This...
by George Foulkes | Apr 4, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Urgent action must be taken now to resolve the English democratic deficit and the divide between the south-east and rest of England, argues George Foulkes Last November I wrote an article for Progress arguing the case for a United Kingdom constitutional convention to...
by Adrianne Peltz | Apr 4, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Unionists have lost their Stormont majority for the first time as uncertainty grows, writes Adrianne Peltz Last month saw voters in Northern Ireland return to the ballot boxes for the second assembly elections in the space of just 10 months. Northern Ireland’s...
by Claude Moraes MEP | Apr 4, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Theresa May’s ‘veiled threat’ to the European Union over information-sharming endangers the security of Britons, argues Claude Moraes MEP On the 31 March, Donald Tusk replied to Theresa May’s letter triggering article 50. There will be many analyses...
