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Labour's Britain: Regulating private rents

23 September 2014

A lot is written about the housing crisis, but it’s not just a crisis for those who are homeless or those who are living in overcrowded slums. It’s a crisis for all of us. Decent homes make a decent society...

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Labour's Britain: Future digital

23 September 2014

The next government will be the most digital ever. But it will only be progressive if it’s a Labour government. Labour’s history, our roots, are in the empowerment of people. All too often government is something done to the people. Digital government must...

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Labour's Britain: Tackling the cover-up culture

22 September 2014

In recent times we have seen sickening revelations about physical abuse in care homes, neglect of hospital patients and sexual exploitation in children’s homes and elsewhere. For me, the most worrying aspects of these tragic events is how often the abuse...

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Labour's Britain: Winning voters back

22 September 2014

Labour’s leadership must chart a route to the common good that builds on its working- and middle-class support. The vast majority of voters who deserted Labour after 1997 appear not to vote at all. But a significant proportion of ex-Labour supporters...

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Labour’s Britain: A cleaner, greener economy

22 September 2014

Rebuilding the nation in tough times but understanding the importance of the environment. That’s the mission and it’s one we’ve accomplished before. It was a Labour government in 1945 that built the NHS and created our national parks. Those were tough...

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Labour's Britain: Does aviation have a socialist future?

22 September 2014

In 1900, aviation was still the province of imaginative writers such as HG Wells. In 1945, the main experience of aviation was as an aspect of war, with British cities bombed from the air, Spitfires and Hurricanes in dogfights with...

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