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Gordon Brown on hope

5 December 2017

In this extract from his memoirs, the former prime minister reflects on whether he was a politician out of season

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Opinion

What the chancellor should have said

5 December 2017

Alison McGovern MP argues that the Autumn Budget 2017 shows the Conservatives are unfit to govern our country...

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Opinion

Missed opportunities

5 December 2017

The story of the autumn budget this year is one of missed opportunities combined with a very big reality check, writes Stephen Beer...

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Beveridge and the five giants – 75 years on

1 December 2017

75 years on from the publication of the Beveridge report the world has changed enormously, and so have some parts of the welfare state...

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Fixing the windows

23 November 2017

“If you don’t fix the first broken windows, soon all the windows will be broken.” Those are the words of American political scientist, James Q. Wilson, one of those behind the ‘broken windows theory’ on the impact of the environment on crime. According to Wilson, if a few broken windows on a street were left unrepaired, more serious vandalism tended to follow...

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Ideas to improve BAME representation in the Labour party

22 November 2017

People who are black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background (BAME) are underrepresented in British politics. BAME people make up just 6 per cent of MPs, despite the fact they are 13 per cent of the population – a...

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