Commentary Articles

A cold autumn. Having reached No 10 in the spring, the prime minister calls another election. It happened to Harold Wilson in 1974. Could it happen again? With the opinion polls closer than for two decades and the Liberal Democrats weaker than in their post-merger...

The Conservatives may not have won the last general election but Labour lost it. Labour was thought too keen on spending other people’s money, particularly in areas where the public are least keen to see their money spent, such as working-age welfare. As the Labour...

It is a case not of whether but when we intervene Just over a year on from parliament choosing inactivity as a response to a horrific war crime in Syria, we find ourselves as a country and a parliament once again wracked with uncertainty. Faced with an unprecedented...

The challenge of our age, wrote Chuka Umunna in the June edition of Progress, is to generate growth that is sustainable over the long term, balanced across sectors and regions, and inclusive so that all can benefit. This is not capitalism red in tooth and claw....