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European elections: Voter turnout and democratic burnout
4 March 2014
In 1989, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany had a campaign spot for the European elections which showed a group of young people full of optimism about the potential of Europe. Although it may appear a bit cheesy from...
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Why Post Offices deliver community cohesion
4 March 2014
The Post Office is one of the best-loved institutions in the country, and that isn’t just because of the formal services the network provides. A House of Commons Business Select Committee report (2009) on the future of the Post Office stated...
Continue ReadingMeeting common challenges collectively
3 March 2014
A future Labour government will be under pressure to spend on urgent domestic priorities like health, education and housing, repairing the damage done by years of austerity. But the government will still have to respond to multiple complex national security...
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Dot com disgrace: Amazon must end poverty pay in 2014
28 February 2014
Ed Miliband has been blazing a trail for living wages, calling out the private sector on the poverty pay which keeps people reliant on state support. There are many major companies which this applies to, but one in particular deserves...
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Confronting tax evasion is not enough: We need to reform taxation entirely
21 February 2014
One of the most urgent tasks facing a progressive government is reform of the current system of taxation. The reasons for reform are clear: the present system is inequitable, socially regressive and becoming more so; it is inefficient, due to...
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Public service outsourcing: Putting people first
20 February 2014
Giving a private seminar in Westminster this week Jon Trickett said: On Monday, Ed Miliband said that the times we live in demand “a new culture in our public services. Not old-style, top-down central control, with users as passive recipients of...
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