James Purnell Articles

New Labour and blue Labour have much to learn from each other, argues James Purnell I remember sitting with the late Philip Gould last year talking about blue Labour. He was intrigued by Maurice Glasman, the academic who had come up with the moniker, which was then...

Only an active welfare state can tackle the scourge of youth unemployment, argues James Purnell Let’s go back to Tuesday 11 May 2010. Labour people were just coming to terms with having lost power for the first time in a generation. The feeling of relief at not having...