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WHAT
LABOUR
IS
FOR
A New Foundation
for Purpose and Direction
Releasing
October 2026
Praise
This book has received endorsements from leading figures across the fields on which it builds.
"If progressive politics is to have a future it needs new diagnoses of the perils of our times and new strategies for confronting them. What Labour is For provides these in an engaging and arresting analysis which is both fresh and radical. It deserves to be widely read."
Professor Andrew Gamble FBA
Professor of Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Sheffield
Expertise as relates to the work:
Professor Gamble is one of Britain's leading political economists, best known for his work on the British state, the politics of decline and the rise of neoliberalism, including the landmark The Free Economy and the Strong State.
A Fellow of the British Academy, he is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, and his work explores how economic crisis shapes political ideas and governing settlements.
"Who belongs to the nation, on what terms and with which shared stories and values, is a defining political issue of our time. 'What is Labour for' is an original contribution to that debate."
Professor John Denham
Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Southampton
Expertise as relates to the work:
Professor Denham is a former Cabinet minister and one of the leading voices on English identity and its place in British politics. Labour MP for Southampton Itchen from 1992 to 2015, he served as Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and then for Communities and Local Government.
As Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton, he researches how national identity in England is reshaping elections, governance and the future of the centre-left.
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