News & Insight

17 January 2014

1. Extend the narrative on injecting competition in dysfunctional markets Breaking up concentrations of power in the economy has been a continual theme in the Labour leader’s vision of a new economy. Injecting greater competition into a banking system in which...

16 January 2014

The Labour party was formed to be the voice of ordinary working people in parliament; the unions the voice of ordinary working people in the workplace. We have had different challenges through the ages and we have not always acted...

16 January 2014

As the general election creeps into view, focusing Labour minds on how to draw together a wide-ranging policy review into a realistic programme for government, there is a growing debate on the merits of ‘predistribution’ in tackling inequality. Is it...

16 January 2014

During the research for our book ‘Man-Made’ about women and power in Britain (see the autumn 2013 edition of Fabiana)  John Edmonds and I kept hearing disparaging remarks about the 40 per cent Quota Law in Norway. But despite its controversy,...

15 January 2014

In October, many northern citizens were told to pack their bags and move elsewhere for work. This latest call came in The Economist, who asserted that “governments should not try to rescue failing towns” such as Hull, Middlesbrough, Burnley and...

15 January 2014

The Human Rights Act (HRA) was a major achievement of the last Labour Government, putting explicit human rights protections into British law for the very first time. However, we should expect it to come under sustained attack in 2014. Already...