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Winning the country

New Labour was famous for its grasp of the importance of the message. Its communications strategy – or spin, depending on your perspective – is acknowledged to have played a crucial role in securing three consecutive election victories. More recently,...

Transforming mental health in Greater Manchester

To mark the launch of the Fabian Health Network’s mental health awareness project, Andy Burnham outlines his plans to improve  service provision in Greater Manchester
As mayor of Greater Manchester I pledged to prioritise mental health and ensure it is treated...

Family and Kinship in East London revisited

As well as being the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, 2017 also marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Family and Kinship in East London, Michael Young and Peter Willmott’s classic account of working-class community in post-war Bethnal...

A frontline view

If we want a world-class health service, we need to pay for it. Labour must make that case
The plight of the NHS consistently ranks high on the list of voters’ concerns – and in media column inches. But from inside...

Slow progress

Local government is still not working well enough for women
Media coverage after the general election celebrated the fact, that for the first time, more than 200 women were elected as MPs. It was a milestone, although given that it only...

The impact Brexit would have on Ireland

Three weeks ago, at the British Labour party conference in Brighton, I spent a few days trying to explain to delegates and visitors the impact Brexit would have on Ireland.

In the weeks before the conference, Keir Starmer had worked to...

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