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manifesto Articles

Why Labour is the party for LGBT rights

Yesterday, the Labour party released their LGBT manifesto, which aims to challenge the prejudice faced by LGBT people. The manifesto included pledges to strengthen the law on LGBT hate crime and ensuring that there is no discrimination on the basis of sexuality in the...

Rights and responsibilities – Labour’s offer to the public

Elections are won from the centre. Tony Blair knew this, as does the majority of the Labour movement. It is hardly controversial to say that a lurch back towards being a big spending, class-obsessed party will lead us to ruin. We owe it to the British public to be...

Reassurance, reassurance and reassurance

The Labour party is about to enter a crucial period. Next month at the National Policy Forum Jon Cruddas' policy review will report and present what is in effect a first draft of Labour's manifesto. A lively debate has been raging across the party for some time as to...

Five lessons for making policy in opposition

Policy making in opposition is first and foremost about getting elected, but oppositions also need to think about what they actually want to achieve in office. The Institute for Government, building on previous research, has been thinking about some of the issues that...