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A clear case to invest in children's mental health

21 October 2014

Children’s mental health: a clear case for investment and reform Three children in every classroom in England are likely to have a diagnosable mental health problem. Two thirds of these children and young people will present with behavioural problems. Children who...

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The progressive potential of Universal Credit

21 October 2014

Universal credit has one abiding message that comes through loud and clear: work good, benefits bad. It’s structured to reduce the obstacles to taking a job, increase work incentives and ensure that claimants make efforts to move up the progression...

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Review: The Unbalanced Economy

20 October 2014

Barely six months from the general election the Labour party’s relationship with business is, at best, clouded. The ‘no’ campaign’s deployment of business leaders in the last frenetic days of the Scottish referendum is a keen reminder of how dangerous...

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Will the election be won in the air by the Tories or on the ground by Labour?

20 October 2014

With the party conference season over and the final ‘zombie’ parliamentary session underway, attention is now well and truly focused on the general election. Aside from the widening policy gap between the two largest parties, the next six months of...

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The ‘In’ Crowd: Labour needs to define a pro-EU agenda

17 October 2014

The genie of nationalism has been truly unleashed by Alex Salmond, and Labour now finds itself buffeted by unprecedented forces on either side of the border. Douglas Carswell has ripped apart the delicate Tory truce on Europe and the obscure...

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A new politics: Let’s give MPs a job description

17 October 2014

How will the new politics come about? What’ll be the big bang to bring about this brave new world? Will it be gender equality on the green benches? The first black prime minister? Or might it be something altogether more...

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