Here are the notes from the Compass Board Meeting on the 24th March 2025. The meeting covered wide-ranging updates and discussions from all areas of Compass' work. Key points included the…
08 Apr, 2025
04 Mar, 2025
This One London School Offers a Beacon of Hope for Transforming Our Education System
There are moments in life when you’re lucky enough to stumble across something amazing. I give you the New School in Croydon. It’s amazing because it’s trying to do education…
01 Mar, 2025
Keir Starmer’s Shallow-Rooted Political Project Is Already Starting to Topple
The revelations in the Sunday Times and Times this week about the Labour’s leadership in-fighting, backstabbing and contempt for each other, makes terrible reading for anyone who thought the ‘grown…
26 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth
On Wednesday the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will set out her latest plans for boosting growth in the UK. It will be a familiar message. If the mantra that got Keir…
22 Feb, 2025
A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
Imagine for a second that under pressure from a coalition led by Compassion in Politics Keir Starmer’s Government suddenly, and surprisingly, backed a bill to ban lying and deception by…
03 Mar, 2025
The Compass Board Needs You
The Compass Co-chairs are excited to announce a new recruitment round for the Compass Board. This is your chance to shape the future of progressive politics. The Board plays a…
19 Feb, 2025
Keir Starmer Must Join a Progressive Alliance for a Fairer Voting System or Get Steamrollered by a Reform-Conservative Pact
It is surely a good thing that the political parties review their general election campaigns for lessons for the future. The Liberal Democrats have just completed theirs and the main…
22 Nov, 2024
Compass Board Meeting – 30th October 2024
Here are the notes from the Compass Board Meeting on 30th Oct. Key updates were shared regarding board activities and financials, revealing a current surplus of £70,000 and a forecast surplus of…
04 Jul, 2024
LIVE UPDATES – General Election 2024
Compass Local Groups have endorsed 41 progressive candidates who support electoral reform and have been working tirelessly over the last few weeks to get them elected. When these candidates become…
13 Jun, 2024
A New Settlement
The New Settlement project from Compass looks to address the vision and ideas gap in our politics. The first report “For a Better Society “ will be published soon, sign up here to…
22 May, 2024
An election to change elections
This election is a huge opportunity - not just to change the leadership of our country, but to change its politics. It's our chance to get rid of the Tories.…
26 Apr, 2024
David Marquand 1934-2024: Our Intellectual Compass
David Marquand, who died aged 89 earlier this week, was probably the most influential intellectual in terms of how Compass thinks and what we do. He was one of the…