Politics can be overflowing with gurus at times. And it’s sometimes hard to tell who might be a flash in the pan rather than the next Beatrice Webb.
So it’s worth reflecting on those who have genuinely changed the political landscape,...
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The below speech was presented to the Fabian Society event in partnership with Labour's Policy Review on 3rd June.
"There are three key areas where I believe we are now taking Labour’s transport policy in a new direction:
"First, we have recognised...
Ed Miliband may have just pulled off the most unexpected trick of all: delivering a populist Labour stance on welfare. New research by the Fabian Society and the charity Crisis published today showed that there is overwhelming public support for...
This research confirms that the public politics of housing benefit is complicated and dominated by negative attitudes towards claimants. But the research also demonstrates ways in which a more nuanced and positive debate can be fostered. This more positive debate is crucial for the fight against homelessness and poverty in the coming years.
By Natan Doron and Robert Tinker.
June 2013
David Cameron came to power promising to protect the NHS and also badged his coalition as ‘the greenest government ever’. Both promises have, to a large extent, become a source of ridicule for the coalition. But on both the NHS...
“A politician is like the person who would build an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, instead of constructing a good fence at the top.”
Never did the phrase seem so apt as last week when NHS leaders warned that...