The Big Idea Articles

We should extend to the children of armed forces personnel a scheme which helps under-fives build their own collection of books, writes John Healey Armed forces personnel and their families make sacrifices for the rest of us: I want the government to make a modest...

Labour should back tax relief for ‘granny annexes’, suggests Parmjit Dhanda The lack of political consensus on how the UK faces up to, let alone tackles, our national care crisis is something we should all be worried about. Labour made some proposals far too close to...

Referendums this May provide the opportunity to transform England’s biggest cities. Anna Turley on the debate over elected mayors The idea of elected mayors for English cities has been a flame that has spluttered and flickered but never quite ignited. This May could...

Labour can become the party of enterprise if it adopts eye-catching new ideas to support small business, say Luke Bozier and Alex Smith Enterprise is not just good for the economy; it is good for society. Small- and medium-sized businesses employ 14 million people in...