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Labour's Britain: Ending white collar crime

A criminal wearing a collar and tie is still a criminal and if he steals your pension should go to prison in the same way someone who steals your wallet should. We have to get serious about white collar crime.

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Labour's Britain: The case for more public ownership

Tony Blair portrayed himself as a non-ideological, pragmatic leader whose mantra was that he supported ‘what worked’. Unfortunately this wasn’t true.
During the debate on the privatisation of air traffic control he told me, in a private meeting, that however strong...

Labour's Britain: A sea change in manufacturing

Britain, long known as a nation of shopkeepers, is now better described as a nation of financial advisors, lawyers, business strategists, architects, advertising executives, and media consultants. These are the workers of the service economy which now makes up over...

Labour's Britain: Energy efficient homes

If we are to keep on anything like an achievable track to meet the carbon targets laid down by Labour’s own Climate Change Act in 2008, Labour will come to power facing an imperative to reduce carbon emissions by an...

Labour's Britain: Education for all

Something has to give in higher education funding.

The current system might provide universities with enough funding, but leaves thousands of students with crippling debts, no guarantee of employment and years of paying back loans. Is that the kind of legacy...

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