Ideas, enterprise and public service

The Furlough Scheme Isn't Enough – I'm Still Worried How I'll Pay My Staff This Pay Day

As we prepare a payroll for the month the restaurants have been shut, I wonder how long we can keep this up, restaurant owner and Lambeth mayor Ibrahim...

With Love: the pay-it-forward café in Waterloo

I know what it’s like to balance two jobs, sometimes three, to try to make ends meet. That was my life when I first came to Britain in...

Loud, proud and patriotic. That’s how we make the case for immigration

Ibrahim Dogus It’s no secret that I was born in a foreign country. I am the son of Kurdish refugees from Turkey who came to live in Britain...

SME4Labour: The world of work is changing. Join the debate with John McDonnell

Ibrahim Dogus The Labour Party is gearing up for one of its biggest and most diverse conferences in living memory. From this weekend, Liverpool will be buzzing with...

Writing in LabourList: children are back at school, and back to being let down

LabourList · 14 September 2018 As children returned to school in September 2018, I wrote for LabourList as a Lambeth councillor about education in our borough. I praised...

Why I’m proud to be a London living wage employer

It’s not just ministers and city mayors who are responsible for delivering good workplaces with decent pay – that duty falls fair and square on business men and...

Writing in Hospitality & Catering News: the British Takeaway Campaign at one year old

Hospitality & Catering News · 10 July 2018 To mark the British Takeaway Campaign’s first anniversary, I wrote for Hospitality & Catering News about what the industry has...

Writing in LabourList: the FOBT stake limit is a good start, but the work doesn’t stop here

LabourList · 5 June 2018 After years of campaigning, the government finally agreed in 2018 to cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2....

Doner kebab and integration: A story worth telling

Doner kebab and integration: A story worth telling Let us swim around the melting pot, enjoying the mix Kebab shops have become so common place in much of...

Small businesses are crucial for life after Brexit – but the Tories are failing us

On 29 June the Queen’s Speech marked the opening of parliament under Theresa May’s new government. With a reduced mandate and no overall majority without the support of...

My journey to become deputy mayor of Lambeth shows London is a land of opportunity

Ibrahim Dogus Last week I was grateful to be chosen by my Labour comrades to be the next deputy mayor of Lambeth, one of London’s most diverse boroughs....

Writing in Hospitality & Catering News: an insight into the world of British kebabs

Hospitality & Catering News · 22 April 2018 In a piece for Hospitality & Catering News, I wrote about the kebab trade from a personal perspective. When I...

Writing in The Times: don’t let immigration curbs take away the future of kebab shops

The Times · 12 March 2018 Ahead of the 2018 British Kebab Awards, I wrote a comment piece for The Times about the future of Britain’s kebab shops...

Writing in LabourList: a Brexit bonfire of red tape would put our air quality at risk

LabourList · 13 December 2017 In a piece for LabourList, I highlighted how quickly London breaches its annual air pollution limits each year. Parts of my home borough...

Writing in LabourList: Labour can be the natural home for small business owners

LabourList · 14 November 2017 As part of a LabourList series ahead of the November 2017 Budget, I wrote about why small business owners belong in the Labour...

Local democracy is where politics becomes personal

Opportunity, enterprise and optimism

Turning the tide: a new beginning for Britain

Once costs rise, they rarely come down

Sudan’s forgotten war

Makerfield’s message

The three smalls that will decide Britain’s future

Stop the Noise: a national campaign for quieter communities

SME4Labour backs Lucy Powell for deputy leader