In May's local elections an unprecedented number of contests saw only one progressive candidate standing. By accident and, under the radar, by local design, progressive parties not competing had a…
30 May, 2022
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27 May, 2022
A modest basic income could cut poverty to lowest level in 60 years
Read the report A new universal basic income model could cut poverty by more than half, reducing it to its lowest level for 60 years. This fiscally neutral scheme involves…
23 May, 2022
Inside story of 1997 Labour–Lib Dem deal – and how Starmer and Davey can do it better
Labour and the Lib Dems can beat the Conservatives if they heed the lessons of the 1997 election victory and work together more closely, says a new report from Compass.…
09 May, 2022
Lesson on candidate selection from North Hertfordshire
Since 2019, a Labour-Lib Dem coalition has held control of North Hertfordshire District Council. At the 2022 Local Election, this was strengthened with Labour gaining two seats against the Tories…
06 May, 2022
Progressive Alliance triumphs and tragedies at the 2022 Local Elections
The 2022 election results are in, but we're still crunching the numbers to figure out the national analysis. What we know so far is that it was a bad night…
25 Apr, 2022
Basic Income Month — Our crowdfunded basic income pilot
In 2021 we crowdfunded a basic income pilot. Working with the London Solidarity Funds we ran the Basic Income Month, funding £50 payments to 71 people.
10 Apr, 2022
Dramatic loss of faith in UK democracy, Road to Renewal report reveals
Just 6% of voters think their views are the main influence on government policy, a new report from IPPR in collaboration with Compass, the Electoral Reform Society and Unlock Democracy…
25 Mar, 2022
Whatever happened to the promise of freedom?
Ardler, Dundee, pictured in the 1970s. Photo by Retro Dundee. Freedom is a word and ideal that is constantly bandied about, invoked and promised. It is so powerful that it…
24 Mar, 2022
Sunak won’t tackle the cost of living crisis. A basic income can.
Yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this government’s spring budget. With living standards set for the largest single-year fall since records began in the mid 1950s, the government will oversee a 5% fall…
17 Mar, 2022
What do we do about Gordon Brown’s take on Scotland and Britain?
Photo by World Economic Forum on flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 Gordon Brown is a defining figure in the history of modern Scotland: a presence for many of us through our adult…
07 Apr, 2022
Book Review “Keystroke Capitalism: How Banks Create Money for the Few” by Aaron Sahr
Aaron Sahr offers a rich discourse on the huge growth of financial markets in modern economies and the implication for inequality. We face a ‘trinity of growing private wealth, mounting…
12 Mar, 2022
What if the leaders of ‘the West’ were to follow Zelenskyy’s lead – and involve us?
Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash [buzzsprout episode='10224714' player='true'] A few days ago I wrote a LinkedIn post offering a way of seeing the hope in this darkest time, through…