Kayte Lawton Articles

The central challenge for a prospective Labour government is how to pursue a radical social agenda within limited budgets. A major new IPPR report, The Condition of Britain: Strategies for social renewal, published last month, argues that the centre-left must not...

Families are under enormous pressure in Britain. Real incomes are falling while the cost of essentials rises. Family time is increasingly squeezed between work and caring for children or elderly relatives. In the past, the centre-left has often relied on financial...

This week’s employment figures are puzzling economists because of the unusual combination of big rises in employment, falling unemployment and flat growth. Employment is up 212,000 to reach 71.3 per cent, an impressive increase of 0.5 percentage points in just one...