Danny Dorling “It was the Conservatives who first protected working people in the mills; it was the Conservatives who took a [...]
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Viewpoint: The world gets rough and tough – the right response to the UK’s energy policies
Natalie Bennett In Paris at a European Green Party conference on fossil fuel divestment in September, I had the chance to [...]
Read moreOn the Frontline: Asylum, welfare and work
Lucy Mayblin Successive UK governments over the past 20 years have explicitly represented working as a virtuous activity which provides [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Reforming the UK Health Reforms
Ian Shaw Back in 2011 there was thought to be a consensual political narrative on the NHS – no `pointless reorganisations’. [...]
Read moreBlue collar Conservatives on ‘welfare’ and housing – who really benefits?
Jenni Cauvain, Bruce Stafford and Ruth Lister Emphasis in the Conservatives' narrative on 'welfare' and housing reforms has been on “making [...]
Read moreIs Devolution strengthening Local Government? Or not?
Pauline Jas, Barbara Allen and Alison Gardner The previous government, the Tory-Lib Dem coalition, frequently talked about the need for the [...]
Read moreIs Cameron hoist with his own Referendum petard?
Simon Roberts On 7th May 2015 David Cameron won the general election and formed the first majority Conservative Government for 18 [...]
Read moreCrime and Justice: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
Bill Dixon The Coalition government of 2010 to 2015 was not afraid of controversy in its approach to crime and justice. [...]
Read moreAcademy schools and the new Conservative Government
Jodie Pennacchia Education stood out as a controversial policy area for much of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government. Under the leadership [...]
Read moreRadical Education Now
Nick Stevenson Going to a comprehensive school in the 1970s it did not occur to me that there were any alternatives [...]
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