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Labour suffered a painful defeat in 2010 and a worse one in 2015. Jon Cruddas’ review of our election defeat Labour’s Future showed that voters did not trust us on the economy and did not like where we stood on welfare, immigration, and business. In short, the party...

Illegal budgets would set Labour back Jeremy Corbyn was absolutely right to discourage illegal budget-setting at the end of last year, shortly after local activists had called on councils to do just that. Here in Lambeth we have come a long way since the 1980s and the...

Much has been said in recent days about the need for Labour to listen, learn and reconnect with the voters. That is admirable, but does anyone know what it means in practice? As elections come and go meanwhile, and as Labour loses ever larger numbers of its...

This week’s event hosted by Progress and chaired by Jon Cruddas fielded an impressive array of speakers including Liz Kendall, shadow minister for care, Steve Reed and Lisa Nandy as well from within the not-for-profit sector, with Hilary Cottam, founder of Participle...