How can Labour bolster the UK’s cybersecurity in line with the framework set out in the ‘securonomics’ agenda and its modern industrial strategy? Business, our personal lives and even our nation’s critical infrastructure are increasingly dependent on cyberspace. While the technology brings benefits, it also exposes us to new risks,
What regulatory reforms should a pro-growth Labour government adopt as it seeks to build a more successful and fairer economy? Since 2010, the Conservatives have failed to achieve their main objective of reducing regulation while, at the same time, making the quality of regulation worse. Many of the most memorable
This publication is taken from Roger Liddle’s speech in Brussels to FEPs at the ‘Next Left Lecture: Prospects for Labour victory in the UK’ I am an optimist about Keir Starmer. His achievement in masterminding Labour’s recovery from its worst defeat since 1935 has so far been remarkable. His leadership
What can we learn from the way global unrest has changed labor relations and the debate about economic security in Germany? The pandemic, followed by the war in Ukraine, has brought into sharp focus the way domestic/local economies down to the level of the workplace are influenced by the global
What can Labour learn from its European counterparts to support its mission for prosperity and security at work? Against a backdrop of a more dangerous world, there is an increasing sense of a need for security, in every sense of the word. Labour’s missions for a better Britain depend on
The Labour Party leadership has made it clear that accelerating economic growth is central to everything they want to achieve and a necessary precursor for achieving their ambitions in government. The relationship between government and business is at the heart of this mission. Building and facilitating good, successful, strong British
Can Labour and its European counterparts learn from each other to re-envision a brighter future of work? From Covid-19 to Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, the profile of the risks and threats facing democratic politics and working people around the world has changed. Security- security at work, economic security and
A new politics of work could address issues domestic and international, can Labour develop one? Whether we like it or not, work is central to most of our lives. Often though, the forces that shape it are is beyond our control. At the macro level, the changing global economy, shocks
In a tight fiscal environment, what cost neutral measures could Labour take to boost Britain? There are many levers that should be available to a government to achieve its policy goals without having to commit substantial incremental funds, and these often are given much less consideration than they should be.
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
