Bridging the gap
With the triumph of Donald Trump in the United States and the victory of the leave campaign in the EU referendum, a distinct anti-establishment discourse has developed in Europe and the US. But with...
View ArticleWhat workers think about work, and how politics should respond
Last week’s employment figures showed the UK’s employment rate continues to remain at record levels, which will no doubt give Philip Hammond confidence going in to the Autumn Statement. But there’s...
View ArticleA new programme for 2020
Labour needs a bolder and more coherent economic message – with a commitment to fairness and transparency at its heart For Labour party members, the reasons to despair continue to mount up. Last year’s...
View ArticleApocalypse soon?
Labour is too weak to win and too strong to die. It needs to find a new cultural centre ground and consider how to work with others, writes Andrew Harrop The politics of 2016 may have been frenetic but...
View ArticleShaping a better world
Few of us can remember a more turbulent year in politics than 2016. And it has only been a taster of what is yet to come. Especially for the left, the challenges are mounting, internationally and here...
View ArticleProgressive principles
The Brexit negotiations will shape Britain for many years to come. Just as our membership of the EU helped define our economy, society and place in the world for more than four decades, so the decision...
View ArticleUncertain times
All of the party’s interventions in the next 12 months should be measured by three tests, writes Progress director, Richard Angell Never has an opposition proved itself so unfit to meet the 12 months...
View ArticleThe cultural divide
For me this debate is about culture and race, but it’s not primarily about racism. It’s about the way that inheritance, culture and environment shape the way each of us sees the world, and I will argue...
View ArticleRebuilding trust
Labour’s long journey back to electoral relevance must start by rebuilding trust in our ability to manage the economy, writes Stephen Kinnock MP Not since the omnishambles budget of 2012 have we seen a...
View ArticleShaping the futurescape
Labour must prepare for the challenges of government in the 2020s, writes Andrew Harrop. Only time will tell what form Brexit takes and how it will impact on our lives. The omens for the future are not...
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