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All in
23 April 2013
Andy Burnham’s plan to integrate health and social care is the boldest idea to emerge from Labour’s policy review so far. If he can convince his shadow cabinet colleagues to back it, can he convince the country in 2015? “The...
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Ageing in the middle
22 April 2013
The idea of the ‘squeezed middle’ is at the heart of today’s political debates about economic recovery and living standards. It’s a pithy phrase reflecting evidence that people in the middle of the income distribution have seen their incomes stagnate...
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A future chancellor needs flexibility
19 April 2013
The political pressure for Labour to accept George Osborne’s spending envelope will be intense. In a new essay from the forthcoming Fabian Review magazine, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Andrew Harrop, explains why its crucial Labour should resist the political pressure...
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On the front line
18 April 2013
This week, the health regulator Monitor announced the appointment of a trust special administrator at Mid Staffs after they concluded that the services currently provided were neither clinically nor financially sustainable. This brought into focus again the failings identified by...
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Can we pick our moment for talking about Europe?
17 April 2013
Last month, I had the pleasure to chair a session on Europe’s progressive ambitions at the Fabian Europe Conference. Many important points were made during this debate, so many that I often tend to forget about half of them, but...
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The ‘one nation’ test
16 April 2013
Labour is slowly moving from mere response mode to feeling out more concrete terrain on what its next state may look like. Some have argued they have taken too long to make this transition but, the publicity (and departmental research...
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