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An Insiders Guide to Being a New MP

This joint piece is by:  Gary Kent has worked for MPs and Peers since 1987. He has focused on Ireland and Iraq for nearly 40 years and has taught MPs and civil servants in Iraq. He is writing a memoir. Paul Richards’ first job in Parliament was in 1991. He

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END OF YEAR REVIEW 2023

2023 has a been a momentous year for progressive politics in Britain and around the world. Labour stands on the precipice of power, but nothing is certain and with an increasingly volatile economic and security situation across the globe social democrats need convincing answers to new questions at home and

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Future Industries: Technology Led Growth For Britain In The 2020s​

This paper sets out thinking about UK future industries and how they can be incorporated into the Labour Party’s emerging Industrial Strategy. We have identified six industries which are or will be at the cutting edge of the high-tech economy. In this paper, we explore what steps the next Labour

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Thinking in Straight Lines

This paper sets out to help answer the question that many in Labour and on the left in general have been asking in recent years. With people’s attitudes swinging in our favour on a range of social issues and even, post-pandemic, on economic intervention, why do we keep failing to

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