Scott Makin on BBC Radio Newcastle and Tees - Kelly Scott sits in
Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson provides day-after 2024 UK General Election analysis. He discusses Labour’s landslide win in terms of seats but significant under-performance in share of the vote. He refers to the danger posed to Labour by both left and right at the next election and the relevance of Act Now.
Northumbria Uni lecturer decodes proportional representation
Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson explains proportional representation and why the right of British politics is suddenly interested.
Your Voice, Your Vote with Kelly Scott
Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson provides 2024 UK General Election night analysis. He discusses Labour’s exit poll landslide, but early indications of under-performance overall and the threat posed by both right and left to their future success.
Kate Pickett speaks to Jeremy Griffin about Act Now
Common Sense Policy Group member Kate Pickett speaks to Jeremy Griffin on Times Radio about Act Now. Interview begins at 02:05.
How 14 Years of Conservative Rule in the U.K. Pushed Young People Into Poverty
TIME’s Astha Rajvanshi examines the impact of austerity policies on poverty among young people in the UK with thoughts from Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson including solutions from Act Now.
Act Now – Doing nothing is not an option!
On the day of the London launch of Act Now, Common Sense Policy Group Chair Matthew Johnson introduces the group and summarises the report.
A real manifesto for change: Preview of Act Now
Labour Hub’s Mike Phipps previews Act now: A vision for a better future, by the Common Sense Policy Group, published today by the Manchester University Press.
Twenty-first century Britain needs a new Beveridge Report
Common Sense Policy Group member Jamie Driscoll argues that a new Beveridge Report is needed to address the modern giant societal evils and previews the recommendations of Act Now: A vision for a better future and a new social contract.
Keir Starmer can't take the North for granted like New Labour did
Common Sense Policy Group members Matthew Johnson and Elliott Johnson argue that national policy has had a hugely damaging effect on the North of England and that an incoming Labour Government must not take the support of voters in the region for granted. Instead, it must invest at scale with an ambitious policy platform.
Labour Must Revisit £28 billion Green Pledge: It’s Affordable, Profitable, Crucial for Net Zero and will Create Jobs
Common Sense Policy Group members Elliott Johnson, Howard Reed and Matthew Johnson examine the Labour Party’s green energy proposals and argue that a return to their £28 billion a year pledge is essential to net zero and the economy.
Howard Reed speaks to GlobeLynx about the Conservative's manifesto pledge to cut National Insurance by 2p
Common Sense Policy Group member Howard Reed argues that the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to cut National Insurance by 2p is unlikely to sway the electorate measurably.
Elliott Johnson speaks to GlobeLynx about high levels of child poverty in the majority of constituencies
Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson shares his thoughts on reports that at least one in four children are in poverty in two-thirds of constituencies and what needs to be done to resolve this.
To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945
Common Sense Policy Group members Kate Pickett and Matthew Johnson argue that the UK’s children are poorer and getting sicker too, and that action is needed now.
We need to demand more from policymakers and politicians
Common Sense Policy Group members Matthew Johnson, Elliott Johnson, Ian Robson and Irene Hardill warn that today’s politicians need to match the transformative ambitions of William Beveridge and his 1942 report.
Only a Bold Vision from Labour Will Restore Any Faith in Our Broken Politics
Common Sense Policy Group member Jennifer Nadel argues that Westminster’s dysfunctional system under a potential Labour government could leave the door open to far-right politics in the years ahead.
Gordon Brown wants £3 billion for the ‘austerity generation’. But the UK needs a more enduring solution
Common Sense Policy Group members Elliott Johnson, Daniel Nettle and Matthew Johnson highlight the need for new solutions to poverty and inequality rather than returning to the targeted approaches of the New Labour years.
Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits
Common Sense Policy Group members Elliott Johnson, Howard Reed and Matthew Johnson examine policy intended to reduce the disability benefit caseload and why a focus on increasing conditionality is always destined to fail.
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Common Sense Policy Group member Matthew Johnson and Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics Matthew Flinders argue that there is evidence to suggest that a more ambitious economic policy platform from Labour would be popular with the electorate.
Dysfunctional care system in critical state
Common Sense Policy Group member Elliott Johnson shares his thoughts on the dysfunctional state of social care in a piece written by the QT’s Jane Hall.