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Women growing the economy
22 September 2013
Sunday, 15th September marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers that triggered the financial crash. I think we all remember how, in the aftermath of the crisis, meetings and media were brimming with enthusiasm for how finance could...
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Female entrepreneurs: great for women, great for Britain
22 September 2013
As a nation, we are paying the price for not better supporting women at work. The UK Women’s Business Council report ‘Maximising women’s contribution to future economic growth’ published earlier this summer found that there are over 2.4 million women...
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Full employment first
22 September 2013
Once upon a time, Britain was prepared to give the Tories the benefit of the doubt. They said they cared about poverty; they promised a welfare revolution and they pledged, 'we're all in this together'. Now, three long years on,...
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Labour and the devolution debate
22 September 2013
Less than a year from now Scottish voters will have decided whether we want to remain part of the UK or whether we will have voted for independence. While opinion polls suggest that people remain unconvinced by the arguments of the...
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Miliband’s majority
21 September 2013
There will be voters who go to the polls on 7th May 2015 who weren’t alive when Tony and Cherie Blair posed outside 10 Downing Street on 2nd May 1997. They will have no memory of an event which is...
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Why it matters: A living wage
21 September 2013
The living wage campaign is a powerful illustration of the type of change a one nation Labour government can achieve. A campaign that began in the east end of London, it is now a national movement, with communities coming together...
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