Today launches a new Compass initiative - the Living Wage Commission. Chaired by the Archbishop of York John Sentamu, The Living Wage Commission is an independent, 12 month inquiry into…
21 Jul, 2013
Political Economy
17 Jul, 2013
March of the Makers – rebalancing our economy needs more push from government
By Michael Kitson, Cambridge University Senior Lecturer in global macroeconomics, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research. If the Chancellor George Osborne is to turn his vision of reinvigorating…
07 Jul, 2013
Why I am not renewing my Liberal Democrat membership
On Sunday 30th June, my membership of the Liberal Democrats was due for renewal. After 25 years in the party, I have decided not to renew. That decision has been…
03 Jul, 2013
Labour should embrace an EU referendum and offer a better Europe
Europe as a good society is published by today by Compass and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Download and comment here. Labour is getting itself stuck on the hook of Europe.…
02 Jul, 2013
Towards a One Nation Housing Policy
Our new ‘thinkpiece’ is based upon research by the Matrix Housing Partnership and the Human City Institute. It proposes ways in which Labour’s ‘One Nation’ emblem can encompass social housing.…
01 Jul, 2013
Time to steal back the commons
Compass are posing the question ‘How would a Good Society look and feel? And how do we move towards it?’ Here are a few thoughts on this seen through the…
28 Jun, 2013
1945 and 2015: They really don’t match
Guardian readers may have noticed that the Labour leadership has committed the party to maintain (i.e., not reverse) the cuts by the Coalition planned for the current budget in 2015-2016, though not…
28 Jun, 2013
1945 and 2015: They really don't match
Guardian readers may have noticed that the Labour leadership has committed the party to maintain (i.e., not reverse) the cuts by the Coalition planned for the current budget in 2015-2016, though not…
25 Jun, 2013
The City of London: The primary constraint on the UK’s entrepreneurial imagination
The City of London can be fun. But it’s only fun to a point. I worked as a broker for two years, and sure, I learned some cool things and…
24 Jun, 2013
Our alternative spending review released
Today we've released an 'alternative spending review' titled ‘Invest to grow: a spending review to get Britain moving.’ Our Chair Neal Lawson has also written a related blog on comment is…
20 Jun, 2013
Back to worrying about Labour
We don’t seem as far away from a Labour government as we did a month ago. UKIP is dividing the right-wing vote, the Tories are acrimoniously divided amongst themselves, some…
19 Jun, 2013
Ed Balls – don’t give Osborne a ‘get out of jail free card’
A week from now George Osborne will set out his spending plans for 2015 -16 and aims to continue austerity beyond the next General Election. This is no surprise to…