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Lessons learned: Building a new economy

In his first speech as leader of the Labour party, Ed Miliband said “we face a choice: we can return to business as usual or we can challenge old thinking to build a new economy”. Recent polling published by the Fabian...

How to build a one nation economy

When Ed Miliband unveiled ‘One Nation Labour’ it was much more than a daring rhetorical land-grab. For One Nation is an organizing concept that can breathe fresh life into social democracy in an age where class defines and divides us...

Fulfilling the potential of every area

The English economy does not exist in any meaningful sense – it comprises city regions, county economies and sub-regional labour markets. It is characterised by wide disparities: between thriving tourist areas and struggling seaside towns, between emerging tech hubs and...

Root and Branch

It took a big bang financial crisis to act as a catalyst for our political leaders to revisit some of the basic assumptions that have underpinned British competitiveness for the past 30 years. In the wake of the crisis, questions...

Why it matters: Cap interest rates

A mum is tapping on her phone in Southampton. A few clicks on the new Wonga app and she can get a loan. She knows the interest rates are crazy, but the kids are going back to school and they...

Why it matters: More regional banking

As Labour starts to shape its manifesto for the 2015 election, we know that ideas for economic growth will have to be at the heart of it. If a ‘one nation’ economy is the vision, then it has to be...

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