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For all the countless hours devoted to devising policies and manifestos, the fundamental bond between voters and a political party is much more visceral. Who do I trust to speak for me? Who understands the way I see the world? There was a time when, for Labour's...

It is not difficult to spot the health policy failures of the current government. The damaging handling of the junior doctors’ contract dispute, spiraling NHS trust deficits and the misguided Cancer Drugs Fund are examples of policy failures available for easy and...

The year is 1989, Steve Hogarth has just joined this author’s favourite band Marillion and in the depths of Cern, in Switzerland, a British scientist Tim Berners-Lee has just invented the world wide web. This is probably the most revolutionary invention of the 20th...

Labour is the party of equality. That is why I joined, and I am proud of what Labour achieved in government to make our society more equal. But we cannot neglect our own backyard. Labour did lots for women’s equality in government but women in the party are still held...