We all know how Westminster-centric policymaking is - so many thinktanks are situated in SW1. So it's nice when the...
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Jessica Asato Articles
Thinktank clash back on tour
February ushered in the eagerly awaited ‘thinktank clash' hosted by the Southbank Centre. It is an unlikely...
Tanked up: The state they’re in
Apart from a few exceptions, however, it seems as though the tankers are uninterested in the battle of the initialisms...
A step too far?
One of the great achievements of the Labour government over the last decade has been the extension of childcare and...
Imitation Tories
In a bid to decontaminate their brand, the Tories have deliberately aped many Labour policies, not least in health,...
Volunteer Task Force
As Barack Obama got closer to the White House in 2008, many Labour activists were stunned by his campaign’s ability to...
Progress summer reading
Beyond New LabourEdited by Patrick Diamond and Roger LiddleMethuen237pp£14.99With a stellar cast of the great...
Moving forward on reform
Today the Prime Minster fired the starting gun on what we hope will turn out to be a transformation of our politics....
Leap of faith
Good evening. My name is Jessica Asato and I am Acting Director of Progress. I want to say a few words by way of...
MPs’ expenses
Tomorrow, the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee will meet to discuss arguably one of the most...
Paternity test
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s March report on equalising parental leave has been dismissed as...
Treating unfairness
It is instructive that Alan Johnson’s common sense decision to allow cancer patients and others with serious...