Rohan McWilliam is Professor of Modern British History and Co-Director of the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has written extensively on the history of radicalism from the 19th century onwards and is the editor of (with Jonathan Davis), Labour and the Left in the 1980s (2017). He writes regularly on politics for The Conversation and other publications and has commented on current affairs for, amongst other outlets, The Observer and Times Radio.

• List of ContributorsThe Labour Cabinet, July 2024-June 2026Preface1. Rohan McWilliam, Keir Starmer: Governing in Hard TimesPart OneThe Search for StarmerismPreface2. Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, The Ideology of Starmerism3. Kevin Hickson, Starmer in Historical Perspective4. Jasper Miles and Danny Rye, Blue on Red: Starmer and Labour’s conservative currents in context Part Two Domestic PolicyPreface5. Eric Shaw, Labour’s Programmatic Trajectory under Starmer: Reaching an impasse?6. Adrian Williamson, The Chimera of Economic Growth7. Patrick Diamond, Public services under the Starmer Government: The reversal or revival of New Public Management?8. Jonathan Portes, ‘An Island of Strangers’? Labour and immigration Under Starmer9. Maroula Joannou, ‘Say Her Name’: Labour’s record on violence against womenPart Three Foreign AffairsPreface10. Richard Johnson, Labour’s Political Economy outside the EU11. Martin Farr, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer: The provisional relationship12. Jonathan Davis,Russia: Labour’s perennial problem13. James C. Pearce, A Hollow Gesture Foreign Policy: Why Starmer’s Ukraine and Russia policies did not add upPart Four Labour Party Matters Preface14. Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona, Labour Members: Who they are, what they think, and what they do15. Antony Taylor, ‘A Relic’ or a Formative Contribution to Labour’s Programme in Office? The Co-operative Party and Starmer’s Labour16. Neil Pye, Local Government, Devolution and Metro Mayors17. Malcolm Petrie, The Starmer Government and the Scottish QuestionIndex

Rohan McWilliam is Professor of Modern British History and Co-Director of the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has written extensively on the history of radicalism from the 19th century onwards and is the editor of (with Jonathan Davis), Labour and the Left in the 1980s (2017). He writes regularly on politics for The Conversation and other publications and has commented on current affairs for, amongst other outlets, The Observer and Times Radio.

• List of ContributorsThe Labour Cabinet, July 2024-June 2026Preface1. Rohan McWilliam, Keir Starmer: Governing in Hard TimesPart OneThe Search for StarmerismPreface2. Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, The Ideology of Starmerism3. Kevin Hickson, Starmer in Historical Perspective4. Jasper Miles and Danny Rye, Blue on Red: Starmer and Labour’s conservative currents in context Part Two Domestic PolicyPreface5. Eric Shaw, Labour’s Programmatic Trajectory under Starmer: Reaching an impasse?6. Adrian Williamson, The Chimera of Economic Growth7. Patrick Diamond, Public services under the Starmer Government: The reversal or revival of New Public Management?8. Jonathan Portes, ‘An Island of Strangers’? Labour and immigration Under Starmer9. Maroula Joannou, ‘Say Her Name’: Labour’s record on violence against womenPart Three Foreign AffairsPreface10. Richard Johnson, Labour’s Political Economy outside the EU11. Martin Farr, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer: The provisional relationship12. Jonathan Davis,Russia: Labour’s perennial problem13. James C. Pearce, A Hollow Gesture Foreign Policy: Why Starmer’s Ukraine and Russia policies did not add upPart Four Labour Party Matters Preface14. Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona, Labour Members: Who they are, what they think, and what they do15. Antony Taylor, ‘A Relic’ or a Formative Contribution to Labour’s Programme in Office? The Co-operative Party and Starmer’s Labour16. Neil Pye, Local Government, Devolution and Metro Mayors17. Malcolm Petrie, The Starmer Government and the Scottish QuestionIndex

Rohan McWilliam is Professor of Modern British History and Co-Director of the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has written extensively on the history of radicalism from the 19th century onwards and is the editor of (with Jonathan Davis), Labour and the Left in the 1980s (2017). He writes regularly on politics for The Conversation and other publications and has commented on current affairs for, amongst other outlets, The Observer and Times Radio.

• List of ContributorsThe Labour Cabinet, July 2024-June 2026Preface1. Rohan McWilliam, Keir Starmer: Governing in Hard TimesPart OneThe Search for StarmerismPreface2. Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, The Ideology of Starmerism3. Kevin Hickson, Starmer in Historical Perspective4. Jasper Miles and Danny Rye, Blue on Red: Starmer and Labour’s conservative currents in context Part Two Domestic PolicyPreface5. Eric Shaw, Labour’s Programmatic Trajectory under Starmer: Reaching an impasse?6. Adrian Williamson, The Chimera of Economic Growth7. Patrick Diamond, Public services under the Starmer Government: The reversal or revival of New Public Management?8. Jonathan Portes, ‘An Island of Strangers’? Labour and immigration Under Starmer9. Maroula Joannou, ‘Say Her Name’: Labour’s record on violence against womenPart Three Foreign AffairsPreface10. Richard Johnson, Labour’s Political Economy outside the EU11. Martin Farr, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer: The provisional relationship12. Jonathan Davis,Russia: Labour’s perennial problem13. James C. Pearce, A Hollow Gesture Foreign Policy: Why Starmer’s Ukraine and Russia policies did not add upPart Four Labour Party Matters Preface14. Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona, Labour Members: Who they are, what they think, and what they do15. Antony Taylor, ‘A Relic’ or a Formative Contribution to Labour’s Programme in Office? The Co-operative Party and Starmer’s Labour16. Neil Pye, Local Government, Devolution and Metro Mayors17. Malcolm Petrie, The Starmer Government and the Scottish QuestionIndex