Steve Reed Articles

The left thrives on hope just as the right feeds on fear, and over recent years the British people have been fed a diet of relentless misery as austerity continues to bite. Labour desperately needs a new story that connects our values with people’s real concerns and...

The Tories, banks and Daily Mail want the cooperative movement to founder because they fear its power Robert Owen would be bitterly disappointed, but certainly not surprised, at the current travails of the Co-operative Bank. He was used to seeing his grand vision of...

Labour must have a public services reform agenda that addresses the issues that people feel most worried about – jobs, social care, opportunities for young people – but in a way that enthuses and engages both citizens and public servants; that was the central message...

The most intriguing and careful political dance of Labour’s new year has been between Ed Balls and Ed Miliband After Miliband declined to guarantee Balls the keys to No 11 Downing Street during an interview with the Mirror, Team Balls whispered in the ear of Kevin...