Modern Left

Fringe meeting - the case for universalism, the welfare state & taxing the rich

Polling today on the eve of Labour Party conference shows continued poor satisfaction with the Labour government.

Sep 26 • 

Simon Fletcher

3

July 2025

7/7 twenty years on

Ken Livingstone's speech from Singapore

Jul 6 • 

Simon Fletcher

17

May 2025

Further and faster on the road to nowhere

Labour and the elections

May 2 • 

Simon Fletcher

14

March 2025

Don't be in denial about the cuts

One of the government’s talking points as it goes into the spring statement is that it is not presiding over austerity or an abandonment of a Labour…

Mar 26 • 

Simon Fletcher

16

Less a u-turn than a swerve

It is now largely accepted that the government has moved away from its earlier leaked - or briefed - plan to impose a real-terms cut to personal…

Mar 17 • 

Simon Fletcher

7

Welfare cuts - Labour's latest collision with its own base

MPs must vote against the welfare cuts

Mar 14 • 

Simon Fletcher

12

MPs need to hear opposition to the welfare cuts

A government source today derided MPs opposed to Labour’s planned cuts to the welfare state as engaging in ‘pearl clutching.’

Mar 13 • 

Simon Fletcher

22

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January 2025

The teachers' pay ballot is not 'extraordinary' at all

Fair pay for teaching, no cuts for schools

Jan 13 • 

Simon Fletcher

6

December 2024

The doom loop of the Labour right

Organise for the alternatives in 2025

Dec 20, 2024 • 

Simon Fletcher

17

October 2024

Labour's problem is Labour's right

As Labour marks one hundred days in government, Labour’s problem is now very much the Labour right.

Oct 12, 2024 • 

Simon Fletcher

13

September 2024

In defence of universal benefits and services

Why the winter fuel payment matters

Sep 10, 2024 • 

Simon Fletcher

21

Running for Palestine

The Great North Run

Sep 5, 2024 • 

Simon Fletcher

2