Stuart Hudson Articles

After the drama of the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump, there seems something almost mundane about turning our attention to the coming autumn statement. Normally a set-piece event in the parliamentary calendar would have dominated media coverage and...

At Christmas, the Labour staff party has at least one difference from the typical office knees-up. Someone, at some point, will ask the DJ to play ‘Things Can Only Get Better’. This year we are told that the sound of D:Ream’s anthem from the 1997 election brought...

Stuart Hudson presents five steps to regaining Labour’s economic credibility Dear Jeremy, It would be churlish not to start with congratulations. After the painful election defeat in May, and all those subsequent exhortations to tack to the centre, the way the...

At least until Jeremy Corbyn’s surprise late entry, the Labour leadership race had been marked by one significant point of agreement between the candidates: that the party must shake off the impression it is anti-business. The near unanimity is reassuring. But how can...