broadband Articles

Britain’s potential must be Labour’s cause  —Britain is well placed to prosper in the 21st century. Along with blue chip global brands, we can boast a mid-sized business sector to rival Germany’s Mittelstand and a growing army of self-employed entrepreneurs, as well...

The last week has seen the publication of two reports into the state of the rollout of broadband in the United Kingdom, neither of which make happy reading for government ministers. Both Ofcom and the Institute of Directors have been critical – either explicitly or...

There was a woman who walked nine miles, mostly down a 60-mile-an-hour, windy ‘A’ road because she didn’t have the bus fare and was scared that if she missed her job club appointment her benefits would be stopped. When the Tories announced that they would require...

Three years ago in Progress I wrote about the need for what we would now call ‘one nation’ Labour.  Welcome as this approach is, I remain unconvinced that we have a coherent rural and coastal programme to campaign on that makes the new brand credible. While the Tories...