Economy If ministers don’t act, our aerospace and automotive industries are heading for a crash The UK government has been silent while France, Germany and Spain allocate billions of euros to investing in the future. By Lucy Powell
Education While teacher shortages threaten our schooling, the government is obsessing with free schools By Lucy Powell
Politics Without a record of delivery, the Tories are reliant on Crosby’s campaign of division By Lucy Powell
We need to end the childcare crunch on our families and the economy Families have been hit by a triple whammy in childcare: rising childcare costs, falling early years places and cuts… By Lucy Powell
Cameron’s plan to force schools to take two-year-olds is pie in the sky policy Unless there is investment to help schools build nursery classrooms, this announcement is meaningless for parents. By Lucy Powell
It’s time for a better deal for working parents – we need a childcare revolution We should be celebrating, not berating, the role parents play in the workforce and in society. By Lucy Powell
Cameron’s childcare crunch is hitting family finances and the economy Parents are struggling to cope with a triple whammy of rising nursery costs, plummeting childcare places and cuts to… By Lucy Powell
Cameron is taking families back to the future – Labour will move them forwards The PM has hit families with a triple childcare whammy of falling places, rising nursery costs and cuts to… By Lucy Powell
How Labour is re-engaging non-voters The party is responding to the sense that governments are powerless in the face of vested interests. By Lucy Powell
Childcare: the gaping hole in the government’s growth plans High-quality childcare should be seen by government as an issue for business and a key infrastructure priority. But ministers… By Lucy Powell