''Renewal'' is a quarterly British left-wing political magazine published by

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History

''Renewal'' was established in 1993 as the magazine of the Labour Coordinating Committee in the wake of the Labour Party's fourth successive election defeat. Under the editorship of

Neal Lawson Neal Lawson (born 1963) is a British political commentator and organiser. Lawson was born in and brought up in the 1960s and '70s in Bexleyheath, South East London. He became interested in politics through his father, who was a printer in Fleet S ...

and Paul Thompson, it established itself as an influential forum for debate among Labour Party "modernisers". Over time its editors took an increasingly critical approach towards

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

's leadership of the Labour Party and were instrumental in the foundation of the pressure group

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. In 2007, Martin McIvor took over as editor. In 2012
Ben Jackson
took over as editor. In 2016
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite
and James Stafford took over as editors. In the early-mid 2010s, the journal carried articles from such authors as Lord Stewart Wood, Lisa Nandy MP, and

Rachel Reeves Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician and economist serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010. Born in Lewis ...

and Martin McIvor, and interviews with

Frances O'Grady Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (born 9 November 1959) became the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 2013, the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resigna ...

, and

Thomas Piketty Thomas Piketty (; born 7 May 1971) is a French economist who is Professor of Economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Associate Chair at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial Professor of Economics in the I ...

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Neal Lawson and Paul Thompson write on Renewal's ten year anniversaryDavid Coates writes on Gordon Brown in Renewal's 2007 relaunch issue
{{DEFAULTSORT:Renewal (magazine) English-language magazines Magazines established in 1993 Political magazines published in the United Kingdom Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom Socialist magazines