by Joan Ryan MP | Jan 18, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
We need an international fund to bring a lasting peace to both sides of the Green Line, writes Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan MP The fact that neither Israeli nor Palestinian representatives were present at last weekend’s Paris peace conference tells you...
by Jim McMahon MP | Jan 18, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
For change to happen successfully, it must be owned by everyone, not just a few, argues Jim McMahon MP The publication last week of the interim report into integration of immigrants by the all-party parliamentary group on social integration was welcome and timely,...
by Thom Brooks | Jan 17, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Britain is in urgent need of a national conversation about citizenship, argues Thom Brooks The integration of immigrants into British society is a key concern for the public. Two new reports by Dame Louise Casey last month and the APPG on Social Integration led by...
by Dianne Hayter | Jan 17, 2017 | Progressive reviews, Section: Web exclusive
David Clark charts the career of Victor Grayson, an idealist ill-suited to tolerating others, writes Dianne Hayter At just 25, Victor Grayson was elected in 1907, a socialist, firebrand, handsome, bisexual, often drunk, always charismatic. Yet he disappeared –...
by Ivana Bartoletti | Jan 16, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour’s sister parties are prepared to place European Union unity over the interests of the UK, argues Ivana Bartoletti ‘Nothing is forever,’ Willy Brandt once said. At the Social Democratic party conference in Berlin, that was the quote chosen by...
by Patrick Briône | Jan 16, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The government’s assurances that workers’ rights will be protected post-Brexit are not convincing, writes Patrick Brione Last Friday, I watched with disappointment as a series of Conservative members of parliament spoke at great length in parliament about...
by Richard Angell | Jan 13, 2017 | The Last Word
The NHS crisis, progressive alliance ploys and Momentum purges – Progress director Richard Angell has this week’s Last Word Toby Perkins’ speech to the House of Commons this week on the death of his father was not only a brave personal intervention, but also an...
by Linda Thomas | Jan 13, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The Tories burying their heads in the sand over the winter crisis in our NHS is very troubling, writes deputy leader of Bolton council Linda Thomas Our jewel in the crown, our precious National Health Service, is in intensive care with a terminal prognosis, so the...
by Paul Brant | Jan 13, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour in local government is innovating to compensate for lack of government funding, writes Paul Brant This winter the health and social care system is under unprecedented pressure, and parts of it are buckling. This was entirely predictable with an aging...
by Martin Edobor | Jan 12, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Unless the government provides the NHS with emergency funding, its winter crisis will become terminal, argues Martin Edobor Over the last few days, our National Health Service has been tested to its limits, as the winter crisis has become a national emergency....
