Wolverhampton Articles

In February of this year I launched a work experience programme for unemployed young people in my constituency. Wolverhampton South-east is among the top 20 constituencies in the UK for unemployment. There are around 4,600 unemployed people in my constituency, of whom...

Both government and opposition say they are in favour of reindustrialisation or, as Peter Mandelson put it, more real engineering and less financial engineering. So in the wake of the financial crash and a widespread desire to see an economy where we do more of making...

This year’s speech was a big moment for Ed Miliband. A defining moment. His first real chance to tell the party and the country who he is and what he stands for. It would have been easier to play it safe. He could have erred on the side of caution. But he chose not...

In the face of the disorder in English cities in recent days, the debate has revolved around questions of individual responsibility or wider issues of opportunity and parenting.  But there is a broader and more fundamental lesson in all this about freedom.  The past...