Toby Perkins MP Articles

On Monday Ed Miliband launched Labour’s new industrial strategy, A Better Plan for Britain’s Prosperity. This document makes clear that voters in May will have a clear choice between competing visions about how our economy can be successful in the 21st century. The...

This is the second annual Small Business Saturday UK. A similar campaign has been running in the United States for four years and has become a national movement backed by celebrities and politicians from Barack Obama to Serena Williams.   Last year, our shadow...

A party that was founded to challenge the established order should be the natural party of small businesses and the self-employed. Small businesses provide the intellectual and market challenge that creates value and innovation for consumers, and the majority of the...

Labour commits to new regional banks By Toby Perkins — In his first conference speech as leader, Ed Miliband expressed his determination to make Labour the party of small business. Last month we took another step towards this goal. As the challengers of tired...