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Health localism: what the English public thinks

Greater Manchester's experiment in NHS devolution turns one today, but do poeple in the rest of England want to follow? Andrew Harrop, Tobias Phibbs and Tara Paterson outline the findings of a national opinion poll for the Fabian Society
NHS devolution...

Rebuilding trust

Labour's long journey back to electoral relevance must start by rebuilding trust in our ability to manage the economy, writes Stephen Kinnock MP
Not since the omnishambles budget of 2012 have we seen a chancellor look quite so uncomfortable and out...

Homelessness: a co-operative solution

With the Co-Operative party celebrating its centenary this year, Wayne Simmons looks at how co-operative approaches can be employed to address a social injustice close to his heart: homelessness.
It’s Christmas Day, 1998, and I’m surrounded by Belfast’s homeless. The first...

Education matters

This autumn marks twenty-one years since Tony Blair’s famous pledge on the priorities of the government he would lead: “education, education, and education”. As that promise comes of age, I have been looking at how the Tories are today failing...

A new programme for 2020

Labour needs a bolder and more coherent economic message - with a commitment to fairness and transparency at its heart
For Labour party members, the reasons to despair continue to mount up. Last year’s general election defeat and this summer’s vote...

Contemporary collectivism

 It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. Attributed to Mark Twain
Rapid or profound change can wrong-foot anyone. Political parties in the UK now face a challenge. Economic...

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