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Save our high streets

At the end of last month a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that almostthree-quarters of high street shops were holding sales. This is highly unusual for this time of year and compares to 40 per cent of stores for the same...

Public services reclaimed

Labour is currently engaged in a series of campaigns against cuts; our actions demonstrate a degree of solidarity with public sector workers and of course the view that further job losses can only increase the damage to our already fragile...

Perceptions do matter

As we try to define the big public policy issues we face, there is a real danger that everyone will get so carried away with what has to be done that we will fall into the same old trap of...

Back to basics

When it comes to service provision I'm an unregenerate advocate of public service provision.  None of the gimmicks, from PFI to outsourcing used by Labour or invented by a Tory government determined to roll back the state, work as well....

Develop learning credits

Education plays a crucial role in providing the building blocks for success in life. But the days when individuals left school, started at a company and worked there until retirement are long gone and it is now recognised that learning...

Next State: Cast your vote

As part of the Fabian Society's Next State programme, we asked a number of politicians, policy makers and Labour thinkers to suggest one idea for reforming the state that would be emblematic of Labour's new statecraft.

You can see all of...

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