Sally Prentice Articles

It is a cliché to say that being the leader of the opposition is the toughest job in politics. Perhaps it is time to revise that statement: the political and organisational challenges that will face the next one will be nothing like those facing the new Liberal...

The Scottish referendum campaign gave the British political establishment the fright of their lives. An in-out referendum on Europe in 2017 will be much harder to win as Britain has been drifting towards the exit door for the last 20 years, argues Denis MacShane in...

We need a secretary of state for housing The success or failure of the next Labour government will be determined by its performance on housing. Everyone in Britain is affected by the cost, quality and supply of housing, and developing new housing policy is under way...

We now know the second line on Labour’s 2015 pledge card: long-term tenancies and stable rents for private sector housing tenants will follow Ed Miliband’s pledge to freeze energy prices. This is a bold policy offer that will resonate powerfully with nine million...