Britain
Starting in September I will be based in New York but I will always care passionately about Britain’s future.
How we build a moral economy, how we strengthen communities and how we rebuild trust in politics - are just some of the questions that demand vigorous and imaginative debate.
On this page you will find the latest contributions from me and others on the issues that matter to Britain
Latest
Key Speeches
- Britain, Ireland & Europe
- Speech on Welfare Debate
- Speech on north east economy
- SPEAKER’S LECTURE – ‘MINISTERS AND POLITICS IN A TIME OF CRISIS’
- Speech on the NHS – opposition day debate
- Youth Unemployment – a crisis we cannot afford
- Speech on Economy and Living Standards
- The War in Afghanistan: Mending it not just Ending it
- Opposing the Tory NHS reforms
- The change that Britain needs
- Reducing the jobs deficit: Protecting, creating and improving jobs
- Keir Hardie Lecture 2010
- Maiden Speech in Parliament
Food for Thought
- Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond – Is Europe’s left ready to govern?
- Football and politics: a unique relationship – Steve Rotheram MP
- @jdportes – The European Commission asks the wrong people the wrong questions
- Explaining the child benefit saga – by Gavin Kelly
- British jobs and foreign workers – Jonathan Portes
- Simon Wren-Lewis: Austerity is not even sensible precautionary policy when we have Quantitative Easing
- The limits to inequality: the crisis and the widening income divide – Stewart Lansley
- FT – Poorer children closed education gap under Labour (£)
- Jonathan Portes – Jobless figures show the real risk of creating a lost generation
- “Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
- Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two
- Osborne’s austerity gamble is fast being found out – Robert Skidelsky and Felix Martin
- Britain Thinks research on class
- Martin Wolf – The road to recovery gets steeper
- IEA: Prospect of limiting the global increase in temperature to 2ºC is getting bleaker
- Time to Wake Up: Days of Abundant Resources and Falling Prices Are Over Forever – Jeremy Grantham
- Oxfam Food Report: Growing a better future
- RSA – 21st Century Enlightenment
- The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox
- Peter Hyman – From No 10 to Year 10: why I back free schools (£)
- Samuel Brittan: Who is winning in the race for recovery
- Steve Coll: The Internet: For Better or for Worse
- Patrick Diamond: The new “progressive” conservatism in Europe
- Graeme Cooke: Something blue, something new
- Ed Miliband – The Future of the NHS
- Bill Emmott: Take your europoison. You’ll feel better later – The Times (£)
- Dan Jarvis MP’s maiden speech in the House of Commons
- Tory MP Sarah Woolaston on NHS ‘trojan horse’
- Senior Labour figures say YES to AV in a new campaign video
- Searchlight Report: Fear and HOPE
- BMA leader says NHS reform is ‘very dangerous’
- Blair Mcdougall on Movement for Change