If Keir Starmer looks to history, he will find a coherent defence policy. He leads a movement that has been robust in defence of key principles, says academic and Labour historian Brian Brivati

People are sceptical of Britain’s role as a force for good. But Keir Starmer can change that, writes Oxfam GB chief executive Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Music, theatre and art have been crushed by years of Tory cuts. They need to be nurtured again with purpose and with pride, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

Top of the to-do list is ramping up the supply of new social homes. Next, ending the divisive Thatcher-era right to buy rules, says Phineas Harper of Open City

Australian conservatives’ dismissal of the climate crisis was a huge error. Keir Starmer should make the most of this moment, says political strategist John McTernan

Conservative policies have trapped pupils in a zero-sum game. Ending unfair selection and rethinking exams could start to change this, says journalist Fiona Millar

Failure to support women affects productivity. Neglect of female voters could also cost Labour crucial votes, says Ignacia Pinto of the Women’s Budget Group thinktank

Technocratic tinkering and cautious managerialism can’t begin to address the crisis, says Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion

Turning Labour’s revival into a durable majority is possible – but only if it delivers the changes people are crying out for, says Claire Ainsley, former executive director of policy for Labour

A Labour win still seems likely, but where’s the narrative? As the Tories shift further right, the stakes couldn’t be higher, says Guardian columnist John Harris

With the SNP vulnerable and the union debate stalled, Labour could succeed in Scotland, but it must offer the change people crave, says Scottish Fabian national manager Katherine Sangster

When any leader says ‘it’s my way or the highway’ – as he effectively has – they sign their project’s death warrant, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass

The party should be focused on this terrible government. Instead it is fighting costly legal battles, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The party’s policies on the economy, devolution, workers’ rights and the environment pack a punch, writes professor of political economy Michael Jacobs

Britain’s first-past-the-post rulebook tilts politics to the right. But the opposition still refuses to back an alternative, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

It’s not enough just to be against a punitive Rwanda policy. Labour must be ready to change the script on migration, says writer Maya Goodfellow

Labour’s leader should take note of the quietly confident approach to government that served Anthony Albanese so well, says Katharine Murphy, Guardian Australia’s political editor

The Labour leader must be clear about how he’ll succeed where Tories have failed, says Anne McElvoy, senior editor at the Economist