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 »

Rachel Reeves, Labour's parliamentary candidate in Leeds West and former Bank of England economist, was reported in Metro this morning, calling on the government and Bank of England to do more to get the economy moving: " I welcome the cut in interest ra… more »

It's Friday 6th November in New Mexico. Friends and neighbours who haven't seen each other since the election are remarking on the landslide victory of President-elect Barack Obama and the shift in power in Congress. There seem to be more garden stakes and posters on display than there were on Monday! more »

Whether Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is the Democrat candidate in November, one thing is for sure: the stakes are high. The turnout at Democratic primaries is unprecedented, all over the world we are watching, mesmerised, as the results come in. The sense of hope, the sense that we are on the cusp of change is palpable. Politics, ideas and values matter. more »

My Christmas got off to a terrific start with a thirty-hour delay at Heathrow airport, en route to stay with my partner's family in Warsaw. Airports are pretty depressing places at the best of times, but when you know you are missing a Christmas feast (of carp, eel and more cake than Marie Antoinette would know what to do with) then it is doubly so to pass the time I made friends with my fellow travellers - mainly the Polish diaspora living in the UK. more »

The government needs to articulate a positive case for immigration, recognising the benefits of immigration to public services and our culture. At the same time, we need to ensure that we have decent statistics to ensure that public services can cope and we must ensure that British citizens, especially those with low skills get access to education and training so that they have good job prospects and do not feel excluded from local labour markets. more »