Early years Articles

As a Labour local authority we have long known that we are best placed to deliver the kinds of social justice aims our party stands for. In May we stood on a platform of being fair to all and ambitious for everyone, and we are working every day to help improve the...

The new proposal in Rachel Reeves’ speech is to be welcomed – young people lacking literacy, numeracy and IT skills would be required to undertake training in order to qualify for jobseeker’s allowance. So far so good. But we need a much more joined-up approach here....

Alan Milburn outlines an agenda to tackle the plight of the middle class and expand its numbers It is in Britain’s DNA that everyone should have a fair chance in life. Yet too often demography is destiny. Over decades we have become a wealthier society but we have...

Twitter readers may have seen my exchanges this week with Tory childcare minister Liz Truss, and my Telegraph blog responding to her somewhat interesting take on the IPPR’s rebuttal to her CentreForum report on affordable childcare. It is no surprise that the minister...