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Review of Reviews: The Armitt Review of Infrastructure
16 January 2015
Labour’s policy review considered how to tackle some of our biggest political challenges. We asked a panel of experts whether its external commissions make the grade... What it says: With our population set to reach 73 million by 2035 and a widening gap between demand and supply of infrastructure...
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In It Together: Labour's new relationship with business
16 January 2015
There are good reasons why a new approach to business - where concerns around economic long-termism, public health, environmental sustainability and strong local communities become integral to a profitable British business model - should appeal to both the political instincts...
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A quiet revolution: Making the case for changes to the NHS
15 January 2015
All three main party leaders put the NHS at the heart of their conference speeches this autumn. This was no coincidence – a recent poll revealed it to be to be the issue at the top of most voters’ mind...
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Review: On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti
14 January 2015
Like John Stuart Mill’s 1859 treatise of the same name, On Liberty is a timely wake-up call. But while Mill was an establishment figure deploying the philosophical reasoning of utilitarianism to decry tyranny, Chakrabarti, having forsaken the establishment, engages in...
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Close to home: Working with communities to counter extremism
14 January 2015
We have all seen the horrific consequences of extremist ideology here in the UK. We were appalled by the 7/7 London bombings and the murder of trooper Lee Rigby, and our hearts went out to these innocent victims and their...
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How Labour could get public procurement right
13 January 2015
One of the major and traditionally undervalued economic and social tools that government has available to it is the way that it spends public money on private business. UK public procurement expenditure accounts for about £227bn a year, of which...
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