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International Women's Day: Can a relational state close the gender gap?

8 March 2014

Britain has been living through an unprecedented period of austerity - but its impact has been particularly felt by women. As numerous studies have found, women have been hit hardest by closures of services such as children's centres and libraries, because...

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International Women's Day: Let's talk Europe

8 March 2014

Today is International Women's Day, and my thoughts turn to the great benefits 'social' Europe has brought to women in Britain. The European elections are looming ever closer, and David Cameron says he wants to renegotiate the deal with Brussels. We...

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Decentralisation should be at the heart of a social justice agenda

7 March 2014

Regardless of the outcome of the next general election, money will be tight in terms of public spending priorities. Labour at local level is keen to see real change in all neighbourhoods. After May 2015 we cannot continue more of...

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How Labour can change Britain

7 March 2014

For the next 14 months everyone within Labour will be focused on keeping the party’s polling lead intact and winning in 2015. But a different disaster could unfold: Labour might come to power, govern badly and leave no impression at...

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Storify: Within Reach

6 March 2014

[View the story "Within Reach: The new politics of multiple needs and exclusions" on Storify]

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Within Reach: focusing on the person

6 March 2014

In 1839 Thomas Carlyle said “the condition of the great body of people in a country is the condition of the country itself”, and yet 175 years later we still fail too many people with multiple, complex needs who are...

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