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Opinion

Memo to Ministers: Business, Innovation and Skills

20 April 2015

Ed Miliband launched the Labour Party’s manifesto for the General Election by telling the nation that a Labour government will “change the way the country is run and who it is run for.” Behind Number 10, the most important department...

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Opinion

Last night's group hug was a warning shot for Labour

17 April 2015

The smaller parties stole the show in the opposition debate last night on the BBC. One of the biggest talking points occurred at the end of the debate when the leaders of the three smaller progressive party leaders embracing in...

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Opinion

Digital alchemy: The digital revolution will work in Labour’s favour

17 April 2015

With people now spending well over two hours online each day, digital communications are frontier territory in general elections. As new technology develops, new digital platforms emerge and our online behaviour changes, everyone is experimenting as they mix science with...

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Opinion

Memos to Ministers: Department of Culture, Media and Sport

17 April 2015

Just as in May 2015, culture was at the heart of an incoming government in 1997. That year, real political change after eighteen years of Conservative rule was reflected in the spirit of ‘cool Britannia’, a prevailing sense that what...

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Speech

Places to be: Speech from launch event

16 April 2015

[Check against delivery] The general election is just over three weeks away. It’s the most important election in a generation. A choice not just between parties but between two competing visions of how our country can succeed. A Tory plan that says we...

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Insight

Memos to Ministers: The Treasury

16 April 2015

Labour’s five years in opposition culminated in an election manifesto which married fiscal discipline with a programme for social and economic renewal. The document only contained fully costed pledges, but it also promised big solutions on issues from inequality to...

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