Ian Byrne: “Hunger is a political choice”
The Labour MP on Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Hillsborough and tackling inequality.
ByGordon Brown
A cold childhood
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
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Alison McGovern: “Child poverty isn’t inevitable”
The Minister for Employment on why only a Labour government can fix this crisis.
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When David Tennant met Gordon Brown
“Drama is always political – it’s about human beings and how we interact with the world.”
What’s the point of a Labour government that allows child poverty?
Keir Starmer says in private that lifting the two-child cap is his personal priority.
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Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
A Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.
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Gordon Brown: the moral economist
In a time of brutal inequality, can the former prime minister still imagine a better world?
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The BBC finds itself not guilty
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
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The left must resist the seductions of austerity
Britain and Germany are walking into the same fiscal doom loop.
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There must be all-party support for tackling the poverty crisis
The poor cannot wait; we need emergency action this winter.
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From Gordon Brown to Natalie Haynes: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Family Meal by Bryan Washington and Pure Wit by Francesca Peacock.
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Nadine Dorries’ “Plot” to hijack the Tory party conference
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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A Tony Blair rock opera? Get me out of here!
My friend turned to me at one stage and whispered “help” with the desperation of someone seeking rescue from the…
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Succession’s sly allusion to New Labour’s very own succession
In the latest episode, Shiv Roy appears to echo Gordon Brown’s cry of betrayal at Tony Blair.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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The twilight of the British Union
If Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
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“National renewal” does not come cheap
Keir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
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UK Space Agency security chief: “Space is a ubiquitous enabler for modern life”
Stephen Straughan discusses how a major cyberattack on space-based services could cause chaos.
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Keir Starmer courts industry leaders in an attempt to strengthen the party’s relationship with business
By launching a review into supporting start-ups, Starmer is prepping the ground for a more interventionist state.
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Don’t replace the House of Lords – do away with a second chamber altogether
Senates usually end up as constitutional embarrassments.
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