The political pressure for Labour to accept George Osborne’s spending envelope will be intense. In a new essay from the forthcoming Fabian Review magazine, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Andrew Harrop, explains why its crucial Labour should resist the political pressure...
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Labour is slowly moving from mere response mode to feeling out more concrete terrain on what its next state may look like. Some have argued they have taken too long to make this transition but, the publicity (and departmental research...
Both ‘Total Place’, initiated through a partnership between the last Labour government and local government, and the current coalition government’s ‘Whole Place Community Budgets’ have much to offer to the debate on future spending choices.
I was the programme director for...
"This is a budget for an ‘aspiration nation’" according to George Osborne just a few week's ago. The appeal to aspiration has been rolled out a number of times now by senior Conservative party figures. Cameron used it as he...
13.46: That brings the Budget to a close, check back at the Fabian Review for a round-up and responses. Thanks
13.44: Housing completions now at their lowest levels since the 1920s, the result of a 'failing economic plan from a failing...
Ever since the failure of Northern Rock in 2007, it has been clear that the UK’s banking system is not working. A crisis in the banking system led to a collapse in GDP, a large rise in unemployment and the...