by Manuel Cortes | Feb 9, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
British workers need second language skills, writes Manuel Cortes A debate is raging about the effects of European Union migration on wages. The ‘conventional’ narrative would have its effect on pay for those on lowest earnings as negative even though academic...
by Thomas Aubrey | Feb 9, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The government’s industrial strategy – made more urgent by Brexit – must prioritise technical skills, argues Thomas Aubrey The decision to effectively end the freedom of movement of labour will require the government to urgently address the issue of technical skills...
by Christabel Edwards | Feb 9, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Brexit presents Britain with an unprecedented opportunity to review the way the rural economy is managed, writes Christabel Edwards in response to IPPR North’s report into the rural economy Helping somebody to fill in a blue-badge application form the other day,...
by Jerome Neil | Feb 8, 2017 | Commentary, Section: Progress Magazine
Labour cannot claim to govern in the interests of working people while pledging to disregard their wishes, argues Jerome Neil Rarely in the Labour party’s history has it seemed as peripheral to the national discourse as it does now. A recent YouGov poll put the party...
by Mary Creagh MP | Feb 8, 2017 | BrexitWatch, Section: Progress Magazine
May is pursuing a strategy that will harm our environment as well as our economy, argues Mary Creagh MP Theresa May’s speech on Brexit was an opportunity for her to set out her plans to put Britain’s national interest first as we leave the European Union. Instead, in...
by Adam Harrison | Feb 8, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour can earn the right to wear the word ‘patriotism’ by protecting people’s jobs and livelihoods, argues Adam Harrison I feel troubled. In recent years in the Labour party we have been treated to an endless string of demands to appear ‘credible on...
by Alison Garnham | Feb 8, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Returning childcare provision to market principles would be a retrograde step, writes chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group Alison Garnham This week, the Institute of Economic Affairs has argued that the solution to our childcare problems in the United...
by Richard Angell | Feb 7, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Progress interview
Angela Smith tells the government to ‘grow up’ A Labour In campaign placard peeks out from behind the fireplace. On the mantelpiece sits a photograph with a young Barack Obama. The room is dotted with reminders of painful recent defeats for progressives. And yet it is...
by Caroline Flint MP | Feb 7, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
A long-term consensus on social care would be an achievement – not a betrayal, argues Caroline Flint Labour and the National Health Service go together like bread and jam. It is part of our identity and a great illustration of our values. After all, Labour founded...
by Felicity Slater | Feb 7, 2017 | Letter from ..., Section: Progress Magazine
Leftwinger Benoît Hamon surprises pundits to win French Socialist candidacy, writes Felicity Slater In another surprise to the commentariat, but confirmation disloyalty is more valued than solutions on the left, Benoît Hamon has beaten outgoing prime minister Manuel...
