business Articles

Labour does have a problem with business. A serious one. It is not, however, one generated by the leadership. It is a problem with an unreconstructed, irredentist, activist base. Just go to any branch meeting and you will hear crazy, ill-informed anti-business views....

Equality is not like enlightenment: it does not come from within. For the Labour activist, perhaps the most prominent example is the success of all-women shortlists to select our parliamentary candidates. Between 1923, when the first Labour woman member of parliament...

A rare moment of political consensus is building as voices from across the worlds of politics, finance, faith, business and trade unions begin to sound the same note, calling for economic growth that is more inclusive. What does this mean? Is it mere rhetoric? Empty...

Putting regions, cities and businesses in the driving seat In the years before the 2010 election the Conservatives claimed to be the party of decentralisation - the party that said it recognised that, to quote Nye Bevan, ‘the purpose of getting power is to be able to...