David Lammy MP Articles

Tony Blair is worried about blue Labour. Speaking to Progress last month he warned that ‘the danger for any progressive party is it ends up as a small ‘c’ conservative party. And the moment it does that it has lost.’ Building on the theme in an interview for the Times he explained his position:

The problem with the housing benefit cuts is not that there is no problem. It is that sky-high rents are being addressed from the wrong angle. A progressive solution could involve a land tax to incentivise land use and New York-style rent controls.

While sustaining the momentum of change has not been easy, Obama continues to be a beacon of hope to progressives across the world