Sue Goss

Dec 8, 2024 | compassonline.org.uk | Clare Short |Sue Goss

After 14 years out of power, Labour won a huge parliamentary majority, and there are an unprecedented number of MPs from left and centre-left parties in the House of Commons. Thin Ice: Why the UK’s progressive majority could stop Labour’s landslide melting away uses new polling and analysis to show that Labour’s majority is big but brittle. Our new polling reveals that 4 in 10 people who voted Labour in July 2024 do not consider themselves very strong supporters of the party, or supporters at all.

Oct 27, 2024 | compassonline.org.uk | Sue Goss |Neal Lawson |Clare Short

Britain urgently needs to redefine its purpose on the world stage. In a world marked by escalating crises—climate change, inequality, authoritarianism, and conflict— the challenge at hand is huge. In New Horizons: Reconsidering Britain’s Role in the World, Clare Short, former Labour MP and Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003, takes a critical look at the UK’s current foreign policy and suggest how we can take a more constructive role on the global stage.

Apr 10, 2024 | compassonline.org.uk | Sue Goss |Neal Lawson

There is a growing consensus that English governance is over-centralised, and that more-or-less radical devolution is required. The possibility of a new government in 2024 creates a unique opening and new impetus for  a radical devolutionary settlement in England. But how can we best take advantage of this seemingly propitious moment?