by Bart van Bruggen | Mar 10, 2017 | Letter from ..., Section: Progress Magazine
Bart van Bruggen warns that the Dutch Labour party is in need of a narrative Things are not looking great for the Dutch Labour party, PvdA, ahead of this month’s general election. After four years as junior partner in a coalition government with its political...
by Roger Liddle | Mar 9, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour peer Roger Liddle sets out why he felt forced to break the party whip over Brexit for the first time in his storied career Since I got in the Lords I have always loyally voted the party whip (making my views known behind the scenes when I had reservations about...
by Caroline Flint MP | Mar 9, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour will enhance, not damage, its position, by seeking a consensus on social care funding – Read Caroline Flint’s speech at Progress’ cross-party social care event Thank you Progress for hosting this timely and important discussion. It is now over a...
by Alison McGovern MP | Mar 9, 2017 | #Budget2017
Progress chair Alison McGovern MP examines the 10 most egregious failures in Philip Hammond’s first budget Failure to even mention Brexit, the single biggest issue our country faces in the next 10 years. The Office for Budget Responsibility states that they have...
by Christabel Cooper | Mar 9, 2017 | Christabel Cooper, Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
Rosa Prince’s uncritical biography does little to uncover the real prime minister, finds Christabel Cooper ‘The Enigmatic Prime Minister’ is a highly appropriate subtitle for this new biography of Theresa May. Huge contradictions continue to surround her: between the...
by Ella Crine | Mar 8, 2017 | #Budget2017, #IWD2017
Labour cannot allow the Tories to claim their regressive changes to Britain’s tax credit system help to redress economic imbalance, writes Ella Crine I love a good national statistic, or a graph. But when economic issues strike me most, is when they...
by Mary Creagh MP | Mar 8, 2017 | #Budget2017, #IWD2017
The government’s insouciance towards the future of Britain’s chemicals industry post-Brexit may come at a great price, writes Mary Creagh MP After the chancellor delivers his budget speech today there will be a lot of talk about how the economy is doing...
by Lyn Brown MP | Mar 8, 2017 | #Budget2017, #IWD2017
All children should learn about the hidden story of the Matchgirls’ strike, argues Lyn Brown MP The received wisdom is that the heroic London dockers of 1889 led the way towards social justice, greater equality and spurred the foundation of the Labour movement....
by Alison McGovern MP | Mar 8, 2017 | #Budget2017, #IWD2017
From abandoning their deficit targets to slashing funding for education, it is clear the Tories are failing on their own terms, argues Progress chair Alison McGovern MP Debt The Tories have delayed their target on debt three times since 2010 Background: Their original...
by Alison McGovern MP | Mar 8, 2017 | #Budget2017, #IWD2017
Only the Labour party can tackle the big economic challenges facing Britain, writes Progress chair Alison McGovern Today is Philip Hammond’s first budget. He will dress up continued growth as a his party’s success, but with wages falling in real terms and seven years...
