Zack Polanski has been crowned leader of the Green Party after a long summer campaign of which, at times, it seemed was more about Jeremy Corbyn, than what the future of an independent Green Party might look like. He’s offering a brand of eco-populism that will move the party away
Yesterday’s Spending Review was important in all kinds of ways. It was important because it sets the direction for the next couple of years of spending, aiming to provide the stability that businesses and the country have been lacking. It was important because it marks the start of the major
On a blaring hot Saturday, Labour modernisers from across the country gathered in a glitzy London conference hall to attend the first Progressive Britain Annual Conference held during a Labour government in over a decade. As Darren Jones noted, the atmosphere was decidedly distinct to the Annual conferences of past
On the 11th of March, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp, posted a graphic on X (formerly known as Twitter) which claims that “48% of London’s social housing is occupied by people who are foreign”, a claim he described as morally wrong. What on the surface seems to be
‘To halve violence against women and girls by a decade’ forms a critical part of the fifth and final mission of this Labour government, coined by the rather austere objective: ‘Take back our streets’. Not only does this depend on a second term to be realised, but it is a
From Monday to Wednesday this week, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Forum. In normal times a gathering of the terminally online modern political right here in London with speakers like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, and Louis Mosley (before you ask, yes, he
With Trump back in the White House, a destructive war raging between Russia and Ukraine, economic stagnation across much of the EU, the cost-of-living crisis pummeling European electorates, and social democrats struggling in the face of a populist far right resurgence, there are reasons to be downbeat about the future
Social housing has a long history of providing affordable and good quality housing. What started as a philanthropic endeavour in the late 18th century, became the jurisdiction of councils in the early 20th century as the link between social housing and improved health outcomes became clear. However, in the 1980s
In the first event of our new Progressives in Parliament series, Progressive Britain hosted a panel discussing the feasibility and potential benefits of introducing digital ID in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening. Our audience heard from Jake Richards MP, Emma Thwaites of the Open Data Institute, Casey Calista
On Monday Progressive Britain hosted the Defence in Review Conference in collaboration with the Freeman Air and Space Institute and Saab to bring together Parliamentarians, Armed Forces practitioners and experts, academics, and industry experts to discuss the defence policy challenges facing the new Labour Government. Whilst Keir Starmer’s changed Labour
