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Ed Miliband’s deployment of One Nation Labour is an audacious land grab for the valuable political territory left vacant by the withering of the Tory left. But this will only have sustained purchase if followed through with credible policy. It is encouraging that the...

I have always liked Tip O’Neill’s judgement that all politics is local. It rings true, and it comforts the weary councillor after another round of emails chasing a missed bin collection. It is why our local representatives hold more power over Labour’s national...

I joined Progress because like me it’s both radical and progressive - radical when it matters and progressive when it counts. I was trying to put this into action this month when I attended the United Nations World Urban Form in Naples. The aim of the Forum was to...

I thought long and hard about what key things I would want included in the Queen's speech if Labour were in government now.  The majority of the residents in the ward that I represent in Brixton Hill will probably not take much notice of the Queen’s speech as evidence...