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The Great Rebalancing

It is a truism to observe that the state of the economy is the dominant issue in British politics. At one level this debate is about the immediate questions of how to restore growth and jobs, manage the debt and...

The five giants: Squalor

70 years on from Beveridge, housing is once again in crisis. We are just not building enough homes of any kind. Inadequate supply is keeping prices high even during the recent downturn, creating a generational divide between older households who...

The Great Rebalancing

If the Labour party is serious about a ‘one nation’ rebalancing of the economy, it needs to paint on a vast canvas, with the goal of creating of a more north European style of UK economy. Taken together a wide package of reforms really can change the character of UK capitalism.
Edited by Andrew Harrop.
January 2013

The five giants: Ignorance

The terminology is different but 70 years after the Beveridge report, 'ignorance' is still a giant to be slain. In the decades since the report the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been transformed by the opportunities that...

The five giants: Disease

In his 1942 report William Beveridge said: “A revolutionary moment in the world’s history is a time for revolutions, not patching”. The challenges presented by our ageing population require as great a revolution in our health and care system today...

Why predistribution is essential, and should be banned

Predistribution is an ugly, wonkish and in fact misleading term that in my view should be banned from the lips of politicians. Yet the sentiment behind it is fundamental to any future progressive agenda.

What I think predistributionites are saying is...

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