by Ben Dilks | Feb 16, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, Tanked Up
Ben Dilks with the latest from the wonk world There could not be a more overt gathering of the ‘global elite’ than the World Economic Forum in Davos. Beneath the shimmer of the Swiss Alps, the £15,000-a-ticket summit plays host to an equally glittering array of world...
by Gary Kent | Feb 16, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
With our support, the pro-western Kurdistan Region could be a magnet for decent, secular and progressive change in the Middle East, writes Gary Kent The Kurds in Iraq have been less visible recently but this is only a lull before political storms about reconstruction,...
by John Mills | Feb 16, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Debate
Should Labour welcome the fall in the pound? Former Labour Leave chair John Mills and Labour Business executive committee member Karen Landles debate [column-group][column] John Mills In the 1970s the British economy was none too competitive. But between 1977 and...
by Rachel Reeves MP | Feb 15, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
A cap on overdraft fees would stop the big banks using its most vulnerable customers as cash cows, writes treasury select committee member Rachel Reeves MP The big banks have been using some of their most vulnerable customers as a kind of cashpoint-in-reverse for far...
by Margaret Greenwood MP | Feb 15, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The government’s universal credit policy has proved to be neither fair nor simple, argues shadow minister for employment and inequalities Margaret Greenwood MP In 2010, Iain Duncan-Smith proclaimed that universal credit would restore ‘fairness and simplicity’ to...
by William Bain | Feb 15, 2017 | Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
William Bain finds this collection of essays shows many US progressives ignoring the roots of their defeat Watching Donald Trump take the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States and listening to his dystopian vision of America in his inaugural speech...
by Esther Lynch | Feb 14, 2017 | Heart Unions
The European Trade Union Confederation are determined to ensure that British workers do not pay the price of Brexit, argues Esther Lynch Unions are about uniting people. Alone we may be powerless but together, organised in our unions we can achieve great things. Being...
by Mark Walker | Feb 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The government’s housing white paper is evolutionary, not revolutionary – and it leaves much ground for Labour to occupy, argues Mark Walker In as much fanfare as the Brexit news cycle will allow the government launched its housing white paper last week –...
by Lee Barron | Feb 14, 2017 | Heart Unions
Heart Unions week presents us with an opportunity to shape the trade union movement of tomorrow, writes Lee Barron Over the past week, tens of thousands of trade union members and activists have been joining together to celebrate the positive impact unions have on...
by Ella Crine | Feb 14, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The responsibility of office is doing little to change Donald Trump, writes Ella Crine For many, the realisation that Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States represented the dawning of a new age. But in the election’s aftermath, analysts gave...
