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Power to the people
1 August 2013
On Arnie Graf’s tube journey to our meeting, a young woman had stood up and insisted that he take her seat. “First time that’s happened,” he says. “It made me feel very elderly.” At 69, Graf does not look old,...
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Same again?
29 July 2013
Stagnant wages, high debt and low savings created a volatile economic cocktail which left the UK vulnerable to the financial crisis when it struck in 2007. But rather than delivering the tonic that was promised, the government appears to be...
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Saving our justice system
25 July 2013
Legal aid was introduced in the 1940s as one of the pillars of the welfare state. The aim was to provide a vital safety net for everyone including the underprivileged. As Winston Churchill once said 'the treatment of crime and...
Continue ReadingWorking class hero
23 July 2013
This Boy is a joy to read. Alan Johnson writes beautifully about his childhood, about growing up in the aftermath of the second world war in slum housing in Kensal Town, but above all, about his wonderful mother, Lily, and...
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The Inequality Boom
22 July 2013
Howard Reed finds that the impact of the coalition’s tax and benefit measures could end being as bad for inequality as the Thatcher government’s record. Turning the tide needs to be at the heart of Labour’s strategy for government Concern about...
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Measuring the radicalism of our intent
18 July 2013
A rebalanced economy is an issue on which, in their own way, each leader will campaign at the next election. The party which grasps the interconnectedness of this challenge and works with, rather than ignores, the long term but incremental...
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