Commentary & Podcasts

In this blog, Kirsty McNeill, Labour PPC for Midlothian, makes the case for more investment in social clubs to strengthen local communities and solve our connection crisis.

Sustained real-terms losses to earnings and heightened exposure to harm while on duty prompt questions about the adequacy of police officers’ salaries. This blog, sponsored by the Police Federation, examines UK police pay and discusses the ‘P-Factor’, a pay policy that renumerates officers for risks and restrictions inherent to the profession.

In this blog, Labour PPC Chris Curtis sets out his vision for a new generation of New Towns to address the UK's housing crisis - bringing multiple advantages with them and learning from past mistakes.

Food is essential for all of our lives, but the cost of living crisis and supply chain shocks since the war in Ukraine have shown the need to take food seriously as a political issue. Andrew Parkes, the Labour & Co-operative Parliamentary Candidate for Peterborough, makes the case that it’s time for a new food plan to ensure food security and help drive growth.

Based on her own experience of navigating through a complex web of inequalities, London Mayoral candidate Natalie Campbell wants to ensure that the capital can now deliver a safe foundation for the next generation - as she sets out her plan to end youth homelessness and improve temporary accommodation in London.

The UK’s pensions system is an international outlier, investing too little in illiquid assets. But there's great opportunity here - with DC schemes being able to take on greater risk as they are less constrained by regulation. In this blog, SMF Trustee Melville Rodrigues sets out how the next government should seek to unlock these savings to boost the economy and generate better returns for savers.