There will be a purple rally on Tuesday evening calling on Ed Miliband to back the campaign for fairer votes.
The trade unions in the UK will have an important part to play in revitalising the Labour party and opposing the Coalition's spending cuts. But their role in Labour's leadership election, and the attack on this by the Coalition, underlines the need for changes to the ways in which unions members a
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? In the latest in our series, Rachael Maskell, of Unite, argues that the Big Society idea is simply a smoke-screen for the privatisation of public services.
British local media is in trouble, we need a much more lively and intelligent approach than just government cuts and schemes imported from the US
Serious questions must be asked about the use of military-style unmanned drones, pioneered in the war in Afghanistan, in domestic policing.
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.