Putting Industrial Policy in its Place: Securonomics and Reindustrialisation Between Defence, Digital and Decarbonisation New paper for Progressive Britain & FEPS with Ed Atkins, Theo Cox (Demos Helsinki), Gerard Oosterwijk & Tom Collinge. Read here: progressivebritain.org/putting-indust…

Pleased to see The Yorkshire Post covering our new Renaissance Progressive Britain report on small-and-medium business growth. Valuable contributions from firms in Yorkshire at our workshop in York, at Aviva plc. "Yorkshire is the engine room of food security." yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/small…

BIG ideas are what is needed today and we are delighted to have supported Joe Jervis and @hughgoulborne with this work. They've listened to businesses and leaders all over the country and the plan they've put together will drive real, local, growth. labourlist.org/2025/07/commen…

📣 NEW for LabourList - Joe Jervis & Hugh Goulbourne: "Rachel Reeves has an opportunity to leverage the Small Business Strategy, recognising 5m small&medium businesses as the true engine of our economy. "Growth from the bottom up and middle out." labourlist.org/2025/07/commen…

"To improve maritime security and sovereignty the UK ought to invest in reserve fleets that can train in peacetime and deliver in wartime." Read William Freer and Charlotte Kleberg's latest piece for the PB blog below👇 progressivebritain.org/securonomics-a…

One year on, the whole nation stands with the families of Bebe, Alice and Elsie. We stand together in grief, in honour of the memory of those wonderful children, and in admiration of the families who have shown strength beyond words. We stand with all the children and adults

With the Chancellor visiting the soon to be re-opened South Crofty Tin mine, can Critical Minerals bring security & growth to the South West? Yes argues, Frederick Harry Pitts but only through distinctively Reeves-ian Securonomics investment strategy. Read now ⬇️ progressivebritain.org/the-chancellor…

A record-breaking 383 million GP appointments delivered this year. By slashing red tape, we're helping GPs get more time to focus on their patients. And with new Neighbourhood Health Services, we'll bring care closer to home.

Labour is backing small businesses. We’re cracking down on late payments and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs with Start Up Loans.

*NEW* UK Govt launches its Small Business Strategy - with a sensible focus on two major challenges: late payments & access-to-finance. It's a welcome step forward. Hugh Goulbourne & I spent 6 months meeting firms to inform our new report, and many raised these two issues... 1/4

Congratulations to everyone receiving their exam results in Scotland today. My mission is to make sure everyone’s future is determined by hard work and ambition, not where you started. I wish you every success.

PB's own Sofia Aujla-Jones recounts her recent experience in one of London's busiest hospitals, analysing what it can tell us about the current state of the NHS. Read here 👇 progressivebritain.org/four-days-insi…

Student nurses and midwives sounded the alarm about the risk of unemployment this summer and we’ve acted. Working together with The RCN and Royal College of Midwives 💙 we’re making thousands more jobs available so graduates can take up the jobs they’ve worked so hard for.

Today’s economic figures are positive with a strong start to the year and continued growth in the second quarter. But I know there is more to do to deliver an economy that works for working people - and rewards working people.

Congratulations to all A-Level, T-Level and VTQ students who are receiving results today! 🎉 From all of us at Labour.

Ukraine’s future matters to us all.

Good talks with leaders in D.C. yesterday. We achieved two important outcomes that move us closer to a just peace in Ukraine and greater security in Europe.

Congratulations to all students who are collecting their results today! From all of us at Labour 🎉🎊

Why Britain hasn’t built big things recently