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Robert Allen Articles

We’re all northerners now?

Ministers are falling over themselves to talk about the north. First up on Monday was Nick Clegg, who was in Leeds to announce Northern Futures, a call for ideas to create a northern hub. On Tuesday George Osborne was in Manchester, vowing to help create a ‘northern...
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Johnson attacks are a diversion

I don’t care where Jo Johnson went to school. Here’s why. Hours after Jo Johnson was appointed to his new job as head of the No 10 policy unit, several commentators took to Twitter to merrily announce that the prime minister, the head of his policy unit, his chief of...
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Growing pains

It wasn’t meant to be like this. Labour left office in May 2010 with growth of 1.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2010. Yet nearly 18 months and two growth reviews later, growth has stalled and the government is still searching for a convincing programme for...
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A monochrome manifesto won’t do – Labour must paint in primary colours

Sitting in the audience at the Progress manifesto conference last weekend was like seeing a potted history of Labour in government since 1997. Speakers included former ministers, a former special adviser, Labour members of Parliament, a cabinet minister, Labour PPC and dozens of Labour activists and Progress members.

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