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Top five lessons from 2013: The future of government
24 December 2013
1. We’re all fiscal hawks now 2013 confirmed that all the political parties are fiscal hawks now. The choice is which shade of austerity. Ed Balls first hinted at the pain to come if Labour returns to office at the 2012...
Continue Reading2014, Labour's year of...Youth employment
24 December 2013
As George Osborne would have us believe, Britain is a nation on the road to recovery. His case is bolstered by a clutch of positive economic data and the assertion that unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since 2009....
Continue Reading2014, Labour's year of...Public enterprise
23 December 2013
Recent polls suggest that over two-thirds of the public want to see large sections of the economy that are currently privately run brought into public hands – 70 per cent of the public want to see the railways renationalised, 71...
Continue ReadingTop five lessons from 2013: Politics
23 December 2013
1. The Westminster Village still misreads polls Try as the Mike Smithsons of the blogosphere might, the Westminster village continues to obsess over the lack of consistent double digit poll leads by Labour. And yet the fact is that Labour’s lead...
Continue Reading2014, Labour's year of...Devolution
22 December 2013
Once every generation or so, the question of constitutional reform emerges from its anorak-clad obscurity to take centre stage in British political life. 2014 is that moment for this generation, as next September’s referendum on Scottish independence prompts people throughout...
Continue Reading2014, Labour's year of...Childcare
21 December 2013
2014 is a proud anniversary for Labour and childcare marking the 10 year anniversary of our groundbreaking 10 year childcare strategy in 2004. Labour is the party of childcare and early years. Our record stands for itself – investment in the...
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