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September 2010

September 2010



Columns
Paul's week in politics Paul's week in politics
Paul Richards
Red Wedge Red Wedge
Dividing the Lib-Con coalition
Kate comments Kate comments
Kate Green MP
Commons people Commons people
Jonathan Reynolds MP
Stateside story Stateside story
James Plunkett
Union matters Union matters
Hannah Blythyn
Scotland Scotland
Judith Fisher
Young progressives Young progressives
David Chaplin & Jamie McMahon
The economy The economy
Rachel Reeves MP & Ben Fox
Colombia Colombia
Maria Carolina Latorre
School governors' network School governors' network
News and views from the education frontline
Third Sector Third Sector
Tom Levitt
The Politics of Poverty The Politics of Poverty
Steve Cockburn
From the grassroots From the grassroots
Louisa Thomson
Holyrood 2011 Holyrood 2011
Kezia Dugdale
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National challenge

Luke Akehurst

The creation of the coalition government presents Labour with a unique opportunity to become a truly national party. To do that it needs a 633-seat strategy.

03 Sep 2010 14:35

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Paul's week in politics

Paul Richards

'Blairite' is a lazy term signifying only personal relationships, but the canon of 'Blairism' can be found and understood in A Journey. Paul Richards reads the memoir and urges the new leader to read it all and draw lessons on modernisation for Labour.

03 Sep 2010 12:00

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Martin Phillips

We need to be thinking five years ahead, and realise that Labour will only be returned if people can see a more prosperous future under the party. Clarity on how it will boost emplotment and tackle housing and energy shortages will be part of this.

03 Sep 2010 11:00

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Scotland

Judith Fisher

Alex Salmond believes that independence will be a ‘major, perhaps dominating, issue' in the run up to the election in May. Initially this appears a peculiar stance for him to take, given that support for independence in Scotland is currently sitting at less than a third.

03 Sep 2010 09:35

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Third Sector

Tom Levitt

Did the coalition really spend thousands of pounds changing the name of the Office of the Third Sector to the Office of Civil Society because Dave ‘didn't like the name'? Tom Levitt explains what the changes may mean for the third sector.

02 Sep 2010 14:55

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Web exclusive

Peter Wheeler

NEC candidate Peter Wheeler on the justified long election campaign, being ready in case the ConDems collapse, and why we must avoid Texas Republican style boundary fixing

02 Sep 2010 13:05

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Web exclusive

Carl Miller, Demos

Public enquiries into ‘MI6 assassinations' are a welcome step towards openness, but will not defeat conspiracy theories by themselves. We have to change the milieu where such enquiries are received.

02 Sep 2010 11:00

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Crime and justice

Rob Allen, T2A

A new approach for young adults would signal a fresh start for Labour on crime and justice

02 Sep 2010 09:00

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Progress Magazine

Our pick for the NEC

01 Sep 2010 13:25

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Oona King

I believe London is the greatest city in the world. I want the honour of being its first woman mayor because it could be so much more: a greater place to live, work and bring up a family.

01 Sep 2010 12:00

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David Miliband MP

I will build a movement to overthrow this damaging government and put power in the hands of the many, not the few

01 Sep 2010 09:00

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Young progressives

Jamie McMahon

I always know summer is drawing to an end when I see the same old A level and GCSE stories in the headlines. Articles start with ‘record results for GCSE students' and end by chastising the ‘dumbing down' of exams.

31 Aug 2010 14:45

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Kate comments

Kate Green MP

As the government pushes back against criticism from the IFS, the Fawcett Society and beyond, Labour is united and ready to spring to fight for its progressive legacy of not just the last 13 years but throughout its history

31 Aug 2010 10:00

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Paul's week in politics

Paul Richards

It is depressing but true that for all the hustings, speeches, manifestos, endorsements, mailings and phone calls, the Labour leadership contest has been less interesting to the public than a woman putting a cat into a wheelie bin.

27 Aug 2010 16:59

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Web exclusive

Adrian Prandle

As I write this it is just days from the August bank holiday and the rain is assaulting the windows, the pavements, and my eardrums. But, this is no metaphor for the state of Labour politics – rather, there are numerous reasons to be cheerful.

27 Aug 2010 10:45

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Web exclusive

Rachel Reeves

The 1980s are over. Nobody wants to go back there. But so are the 1990s. And what worked then for Labour won’t work now. That is our clear conviction and why we are backing Ed Miliband as the leadership contender who most understands the scale of the change the Party needs to undertake to win again.

27 Aug 2010 07:41

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Labour should choose Oona not Ken

26 Aug 2010 13:00

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Progress Magazine

Editorial

David Miliband has demonstrated an appeal which crosses the party and reaches beyond it. Labour should elect him leader

26 Aug 2010 12:59

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Web exclusive

Josh MacAlister

In the week pupils celebrated their GCSE successes, Josh MacAlister tries to find a better way to measure school successes

26 Aug 2010 12:01

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Web exclusive

Vera Baird

Despite being asked five times, Treasury Secretary Mark Hoban could not tell yesterday morning's Today programme that the Coalition did gender, race or disability impact assessments of its abysmally regressive and anti-family budget, though Labour's Equality law requires it to do all three.

26 Aug 2010 10:52

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Web exclusive

Jude Robinson

As Labour in Cornwall regroups after the election defeat and welcomes new members (many of whom have supported the Lib Dems for years) we need to re-evaluate our campaigns and share our experiences. We may be out on a limb in this south-westerly peninsula but the political situation here has warnings that the rest of the Labour Party should not ignore.

25 Aug 2010 13:05

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Web exclusive

Helen Gibson

Kind words from Theresa May will not disguise the damage that ConDem cuts will cause to some of the most vulnerable people in society, victims of domestic violence.

25 Aug 2010 09:16

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Web exclusive

Lee Savage

In the last week, social mobility has climbed to the top of the political agenda once again. But does the government understand what it would take to ensure today's low earners can progress?

24 Aug 2010 12:09

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Web exclusive

Kezia Dugdale

On a turnout of 27 per cent of those people balloted, David Miliband won his second "primary style" leadership election today in Edinburgh East

24 Aug 2010 09:34

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Web exclusive

Jean-Roger Kaseki

Jean-Roger Kaseki on how Congolese for Labour is working with David Miliband's Movement for Change, showcasing the Congolese community in the UK and Labour to Congolese British voters

23 Aug 2010 09:00

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