The second instalment of Your Time Starts Now, an analysis of the pressing first-term issues Labour faces, originally published in the autumn 2024 edition of the Fabian Review. Featuring TRACY BRABIN, PAUL SWINNEY, SASJKIA OTTO AND BEV CRAIG
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This edition of the Fabian Review challenges the new Labour government to hit the ground running in its first term, featuring Tracey Brabin, Melanie Smallman, Paul Swinney and many more. In conversation with Iggy Wood, David Blunkett discusses his early life and the pressures of power.
CIARAN DRIVER & PETER KENWAY: Labour's embrace of active industrial strategy can count on widespread support, including from businesses. But the details may need further thought - and labour interests must be included, argue Ciaran Driver and Peter Kenway
Michael Jacobs, Robert Calvert Jump, Jo Michell and Frank van Lerven scrutinise the lack of cooperation between the UK government and the Bank of England, and propose a new Economic Policy Coordinating Committee to help achieve the multiple objectives towards which governments today must aim.
The UK’s long-hours culture is scarring the economy as well as fuelling a public health crisis.