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Confronting tax evasion is not enough: We need to reform taxation entirely
21 February 2014
One of the most urgent tasks facing a progressive government is reform of the current system of taxation. The reasons for reform are clear: the present system is inequitable, socially regressive and becoming more so; it is inefficient, due to...
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Public service outsourcing: Putting people first
20 February 2014
Giving a private seminar in Westminster this week Jon Trickett said: On Monday, Ed Miliband said that the times we live in demand “a new culture in our public services. Not old-style, top-down central control, with users as passive recipients of...
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Time for Labour to build a truly democratic economy
20 February 2014
The very ideas of ‘guild socialism’ and ‘distributism’ have been far and few between since the early 20th century, yet the case for equality and common ownership is stronger than ever. We have always been presented with a false choice...
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European elections: Is Britain heading for the naughty step?
20 February 2014
If students of communications were looking for an example of a successful, long-running misinformation campaign, they would have to look no further but to the unfortunate alliance between Eurosceptics and the British tabloid press. Together these two have, apparently successfully, built...
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Labour’s public service reforms must pass the social justice test
19 February 2014
The realisation of social justice is one of the overarching goals of the labour movement. Some have perhaps taken their commitment to a little too far (who can forget David Miliband’s famous proclamation that ‘social justice gets me up in...
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Gentrification in Hackney: Renewal must include social mix
14 February 2014
Writing for the Guardian last week, Amelia Gentleman reported on the Hackney housing micro-boom that saw the average cost of a home in the east London borough exceed £500,000 for the first time in December. Growing up in Hackney, I’ve...
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