Andy Burnham is right to back proportional representation, and right not to tie it to another referendum. But he should go further. A national commission on electoral reform would be…
13 Jul, 2026
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09 Jul, 2026
Telling a Radical Story about the Future of Britain: Is Andy Burnham Labour’s Last Chance?
Andy Burnham is heading to Downing Street as the eighth Labour PM in history and the seventh UK PM in a decade. Labour do not historically move against and dislodge…
02 Jul, 2026
How To Reform the Social Care Sector
Introduction: Navigating a Systemic Crisis Adult social care in England is in a deep and longstanding crisis. Years of underfunding, including a £7 billion reduction in local authority budgets since…
30 Jun, 2026
Why Electoral Reform and UK-EU Rapprochement Go Hand-in-Hand
The incoming prime minister should treat electoral reform not as a separate constitutional project, but as the precondition for any lasting settlement with Europe A decade after the UK public…
26 Jun, 2026
The Mandate That Never Was
This week, almost exactly ten years after the Brexit referendum, Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Andy Burnham, who has spoken before about wanting to scrap First Past the Post and…
25 Jun, 2026
From Crisis to Care: A Blueprint for Adult Social Care Reform
Contributed by End Social Care Disgrace: Campaign for a National Care, Support and Independent Living Service Introduction: Navigating a Systemic Crisis Adult social care in England is in a deep…
19 Jun, 2026
Compass Statement on Makerfield By-election
Today we feel that rare emotion for progressives: the lure of hope. This is an exciting, tantalising, and daunting moment; not just for us at Compass, not just for all…
05 Jun, 2026
Reflections on Change: NOW!
Steve Lancashire Generally, I came away feeling energised, having learned new things and briefly talking to people I hadn't met before. I'd read Gary Stevenson's book when it first came…
24 May, 2026
Greens for Proportional Representation in Makerfield
Never again will Green candidates roll over for Labour in the national interest and get nothing back. With the Greens often out-polling Labour nationally, beating them in Gorton and Denton…
01 May, 2026
Change:NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority – Programme
We're looking forward to welcoming you to CHANGE: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority on Saturday 30th May. On the day, you'll receive an abridged version of this programme in print. Before…
20 May, 2026
We Don’t Need to Manage Poverty Better. We Need to Prevent It.
For the 100,000 supporters of Compass, the case for a fairer, more democratic society is clear. But one of the most urgent challenges we face—persistent poverty—continues to be approached in…
18 May, 2026
No Such Thing as an Ex-Pat: The Multilayered Racialisation of Migration
The importance attached to the use of words might be considered an exercise in semantics, but it is also one more importantly concerned in the construction of reality, where our…