This year’s UN climate change conference is a chance to take urgent action, say Andrew Pakes and Rachel Reeves – but securing a deal will be tough more »

I will leave it to psephologists to find historical parallels for Labour’s poll performance on June 4th, but with our share of the vote down to 15% in the European elections, it’s clear that we’ll need to look far back into the annals of history. With a year at most to turn things around a plan to re-connect with voters and win again is needed. more »

Our government rightly led the way at the G20 Summit in London in calling for reform of our beleaguered financial framework. We now need to work closely with our European colleagues in turning these ambitions into something more concrete, before the worst of the financial crisis is forgotten. more »