The new Socialist Campaign Group pamphlet, The Socialist Policies We Need, is certainly generating interest. Labour Hub was even contacted by a reporter from a right wing national newspaper asking how she might obtain a copy.

In the past, the launch of left policy ideas often fell into the void. Now, things feel different. If the new Prime Minister is serious about ending 40 years of neoliberalism, he needs to dip into the ideas proposed in this pamphlet.

There are contributions here from over a dozen socialist parliamentarians. Kim Johnson MP calls for public services to be brought back into public hands. Andy McDonald MP and Lord John Hendy KC explain what a second Employment Rights Act should contain to help workers deal with the cost of living crisis. Grahame Morris MP proposes a  major programme of council housebuilding, rent controls and a reform to Council Tax to fix Britain’s broken housing system. Ian Byrne MP calls for a Right to Food Act that would establish clear duties on governments and public authorities to protect people’s access to adequate food.

Imran Hussain MP demands that private profiteers be kicked out of the NHS. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP’s call for a radical transformation of Britain’s care system starts from the principle that disabled people and older people should have a real, enforceable right to live independently, with choice and control over their own lives. Baroness Christine Blower’s article on radical climate action encompasses not just a transition to renewables, but home and urban redesign and investment in public transport. Apsana Begum MP raises the absurdity of the 1,000% increase in arrests for “terrorism-related activity” and the Starmer government’s attacks on migrant and LGBTQ+ rights and calls for a robust defence of our human rights.

Of particular relevance is Lord Prem Sikka’s article on how this programme could be paid for. By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages, around £12bn – £14bn could be raised. Bringing dividend taxes in line with income tax rates could raise £6 billion. A 2% tax on wealth above £10m could raise £24bn a year. A windfall tax on the 2026 profits of the UK’s four biggest banks could raise £19bn. And he has fifteen further suggestions for raising revenue in ways that would not hit ordinary people. Chancellor John Healey should take note.

There is no shortage of policy advice for Andy Burnham at the moment in his quest to turn away from neoliberalism. Jamie Driscoll’s Hostage Nation and Reindustrialise Britain by Costas Lapavitsas et al are two recent examples. What’s unique about this Campaign Group pamphlet, however, is a crucial section on the need to restore internal democracy and Party members’ rights from John McDonnell MP.

Keir Starmer’s term as Labour leader saw the Party apparatus behave at its most factional and divisive, which may have been just as critical in alienating grassroots activists as the leader’s threadbare policies. John McDonnell endorses some basic reforms to address this: ending the censorship of local constituency parties debating political issues; restoring the right of Party members to select their candidates for Parliamentary and local elections; reversing the changes to the thresholds for leadership elections; introducing independent voting systems with independent scrutiny; and restoring a culture where Labour Party staff are the party’s neutral civil servants.

This pamphlet deserves a wide readership. But above all, it should be carefully studied by Andy Burnham and his Cabinet.