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To the left: What a new President of the European Commission could mean for politics
20 May 2014
When voters go to the polls on Thursday, their vote in the European elections will go further than electing the European parliament. For the first time, it will help to choose the new President of the European Commission. But what...
Continue ReadingHealth and care: Engaging, empowering and listening to patients
19 May 2014
Patient voice and accountability should play the leading role in Labour health and care policy, but currently the party’s policy review consultation ‘Your Britain’ lacks focus in this area. Operational and logistical rejigging of services is important, but authentic patient participation...
Continue ReadingLords reform is an opportunity, not an obstacle
16 May 2014
The upcoming Scottish independence referendum has placed the UK’s constitution in the spotlight. If Scotland votes no in September, we should seize this opportunity to holistically re-examine our country’s structures of government, tie up the odd ends left by asymmetrical...
Continue ReadingLocal banking: A quiet revolution
15 May 2014
With French economist Thomas Piketty’s book, ‘Capital’, shooting straight to the top of the bestsellers list, the need to tackle rampant inequality in the UK becomes ever clearer. Meanwhile, a quiet revolution in public finance has been slowly spreading across the UK,...
Continue ReadingEducation: Tuition fees are a failed experiment
14 May 2014
The debate about tuition fees has been brought back into the spotlight recently after official forecasts suggested that the write-off costs for student loans had reached 45 per cent of the £10bn in student loans made each year. The proportion of...
Continue ReadingEducation: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
13 May 2014
The financial crash of 2008 has sharply exposed the increasing misalignment of our education system with its fundamental purpose – to meet the future needs of the labour market, and to effectively equip all young citizens with the knowledge and...
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