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The recent election results have led to a debate about how Labour can reconnect with parts of its core vote that United Kingdom Independence party is targeting. Some blue Labour insights have been revisited as we seek to show we are on the side of people who genuinely...

The present return to modest growth in the United Kingdom is built on very shallow foundations. Net investment per head of the population has dropped to virtually zero, which goes a long way towards explaining why there is no increase in productivity. The UK does not...

In responding to the survey that I, George Howarth and Luciana Berger ran on zero-hours contracts, one person said: It has been very difficult as I want to move on with my life but can't as I don't know when and if I will be next out of work so this stops me from...

I have never met James Morris, who wrote for LabourList yesterday, but he is clearly a bright chap. While there are things that I might quibble with in his piece, there is also perceptive insight. What Lewis Baston termed 'the Todd thesis' concludes that for every one...