Tessa Jowell Articles

The London mayoral election will be no shoo-in for Labour, warns Tessa Jowell Last month, Labour lost. We lost badly. It was an awful experience. But it should also galvanise us. Labour has to learn how to win again, not out of self-interest but because that is the...

Last summer it happened again. Violence flared between Israel and Gaza. As those events unfolded in the Middle East, and we witnessed the extremely worrying backlash here at home the all-party parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism began its work. Today it comes to a...

First we must understand the characteristics of voters in our 12 marginal seats. They are made up of a high proportion of liberal opinion voters – well educated, tolerant, and politically opinionated – who deserted Labour mostly to the Liberal Democrats in the...

At the close of Living Wage Week, it is important we look forward towards how we continue to grow the campaign for a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work. But first, I want to look back. We know how to use the procurement power of the state to secure better living...