Labour party conference’s TalkTalk-Progress seminar, Securing our digital future: How can Britain best prepare for...
Deprecated: Function wp_make_content_images_responsive is deprecated since version 5.5.0! Use wp_filter_content_tags() instead. in /home/edadbce1/archive.progressivebritain.org/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114
Labour Party Conference 2015 Articles
After the earthquake
We all like big party meetings. As activists they make us feel like we are on a roll, that we are gaining momentum,...
One of the most pressing social policy issues of our time
Luciana Berger’s appointment as minister for mental health with shadow cabinet rank and her commitment at the Progress...
The phoney war
The Labour party started the conference week talking about Trident, and ended it talking about Trident. It didn’t...
The government must step up on part-time learning
My first career was in further education when I made my way from part-time lecturer to FE college principal through...
The politics of motherhood
The portrayal of midwives often suggests that all midwives do is deliver babies, and often the entire focus of...
Chris Leslie: Passion with prudence
We might not have got it right but we did think about what we could do for business at the last election – though we...
No to isolationism
The Syria refugee crisis has shone a spotlight on the European Union and Britain’s relationship with the EU as David...
What can give micro businesses and freelancers the boost they deserve?
The way we work has changed for good. There are now 4.5 million self-employed workers in the United Kingdom, and the...
Securing our digital future
Whenever the digital economy or digital impact is discussed, two things also follow as night follows day: huge numbers...
Dementia care: How do we improve this in an age of austerity?
Over the last five years we have seen cuts to public spending in an attempt to reduce the deficit. Throughout this...
The earn and learn revolution
In the current economic climate, the necessity to address the skills shortage and maximise the productivity rates of...