working class Articles

John McDonnell's suggestion that those earning £70,000 per year are 'rich' is the kind of policy that alienates voters from all economic backgrounds, argues Dom Anderson Back in January I wrote this piece setting out why Labour could not risk turning itself into a...

Full text of the opening speech of Progress political weekend 2017, given by Progress chair Alison McGovern MP: Hello everyone and welcome to Progress political weekend 2017. Before I start I just want to thank Richard, Matthew, Laura, Conor, Jerome and the whole team...

The agonising descent of Labour under Jeremy Corbyn is a symptom of the party's lack of ideas, argues Gabriel Gavin Last week’s rumours of Jeremy Corbyn’s political demise now seem to have been greatly exaggerated. For some, the inevitable departure of the worst...

We need to think differently about the class divisions in today’s society, says Kitty Ussher Sometimes it feels very un-British to talk about class. But, without it, we struggle to get a handle on the tensions in British society today, let alone what can be done about...