Darling plan Articles

The party still lags on the economy but an honest conversation with the public about the future could help it win trust Labour is right to take no pleasure in the fact that the government has been proved wrong on the central macroeconomic question of the day: how to...

The government has fallen short on nearly all economic measures but its budget is unlikely to remedy this By Shamik Das —This month’s budget provides a good opportunity to reflect upon the present government’s economic record in the 22 months since the coalition came...

As one of the authors of ‘In the black’ Labour,  I approached the publication of ‘White Flag’ Labour by Compass with an enjoyable sense of anticipation. There is something exhilarating about being excoriated, especially when the critic is someone as highly regarded as...

Ed Miliband’s leadership has been marked by an openness to thoughts from the whole spectrum of the party. Each one has tried to grapple with Labour’s answer to the new economic reality. Yesterday, Ed set out Labour’s answer to this question and his response was very...