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Why we must win the election When locked in the toil of an election campaign it sometimes pays to lift your head from the minutiae of road groups, switchers and contact rates, to consider why it is we are sweating blood to win. (Though only briefly, you understand....

Politics is prone to hyperbole but it is no exaggeration to say that the creation of an independent infrastructure commission could turn out to be the defining achievement of the next Labour government. John Armitt's brainchild could be our equivalent of Bank of...

Last year Labour asked John Armitt to review long-term infrastructure planning in the UK. Armitt was fresh from the successful delivery of the Olympic Park to high standards, on time and under budget. It was a bold move by Labour after our 13 years in power. When...

Both sides of the House seemed to be in a rowdy, boisterous mood at the beginning of PMQs; early on, the speaker told the prime minister’s PPS to restrain himself. Two issues dominated the session: economic growth and energy prices. Tory and Labour MPs stuck...