What the new leader of the official opposition could say if....
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Tessa Jowell MP, former Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, gives her view.
A new private members' bill aims to reverse the onerous restrictions on trade unions in the UK.
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), gives his view.
Political thinker, historian and OurKingdom regular David Marquand discusses republicanism, the future of the left and the Labour party and the forthcoming referendum on AV.
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Will Straw, editor of Left Foot Forward, argues that social enterprise works best in partnership with the state, and cannot be expected to replace it.
Andy Burnham talks to OurKingdom about political reform, civil liberties and the English Question.
The government has been very clear in its vision that a smaller state is needed to liberate society. But how should local government adapt in order to interact with the Big Society?
The "Big Society" idea is a phony PR invention dreamt up by people with little experience in civil society. Government cuts will destroy the culture of volunteering that Labour helped create.
Can the underdog snatch the crown with a last minute surge? Will the second preferences swing it? With only a few days left of voting the country awaits with baited breath the outcome of....
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Niki Seth Smith is asking the leading people and institutions on the left how they view the idea, as part of OK's debate on the Challenge of the Big Society. Neal Lawson, chair of Compass, furthers the disc
There was a fascinating response from former Labour minister Stephen Timms MP at the weekend to a speech made by Baroness Warsi last week criticising Labour in Government for undermining “the positive power of faith” and suggesting that the Coalition government would "do God"
