The cost-of-living crisis has been a disaster for businesses and working people. Every surgery appointment, every community visit, every door knocking session, I hear how the wages that once supported families now fall far short. This is why tackling energy costs is Labour’s priority. And it’s a vital one. Our
To mark the anniversary of Labour’s first year in UK Government since 2010, we have asked each Mission Champion for their assessment of the Government’s progress so far, and what is still to be done. The first in this series, by Dan Tomlinson MP, the Growth Mission Champion, is below.
Growing up in Milton Keynes, I saw firsthand how planning with purpose transforms lives. My hometown wasn’t built by accident; it was designed with ambition, shaped by Labour values, and delivered at scale. We didn’t just build houses. We built communities, infrastructure, and opportunity. Now, as the newly elected MP
After months of waiting, we finally got to see the recommendations made to government in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) on 2nd June. The Review was conducted differently from previous iterations. It was delivered by three independent advisors, a politician, a soldier, and a foreign policy expert (as they put
The publication of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and then the Spending Review raise the usual questions about affordability and funding priorities. Will the hopeful recommendations set out in the SDR (a work in progress) be delivered by the expected increases in defence spending set out in the Spending Review?
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
The Gleneagles Summit 2005, Eriko Sugita / Reuters 20 years ago, the words of Nelson Mandela rang out in Trafalgar Square. He called on the world to Make Poverty History stating that ‘as long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest’.
Many citizens are angry as I often hear and see in my surgeries and messages to me as an MP. The global financial crisis sparked a chain of events that undermined their confidence in how things work. They suffered in the recession and then saw that ‘the system’ didn’t prosecute
On Friday, the financial services regulator (the Financial Conduct Authority) published its latest Financial Lives Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 18,000 people that serves as a state of the nation report on the UK’s personal finances. It provides insights into our attitudes to managing money, accessing important financial
“The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson The last decade has seen society transform at breakneck speed. Often, this has been credited to the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR), a term describing the rise of digital technologies, big data, and automation. Yet behind the headlines
