According to the Daily Telegraph, senior government ministers are close to an agreement on capping care costs. They...
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Stephen Burke Articles
Victory in Hammersmith
So why and how did Andy Slaughter defy the national swing to the Conservatives? I would highlight three factors: a...
Three Vs for victory next time
We need a leader with strong and clear values, who can give the country the vision voters are crying out for and put...
The next frontier
Sixty-one years after the NHS was founded, yesterday’s care green paper gives us the chance to develop the next...
Last chance for change?
For people anxious for signs of radical ideas and renewed energy from the government on the domestic policy front, the...
A new age of responsibility
We are entering a new age of responsibility – collective and personal – where all for one and one for all...
Closing the gap
The growing care gap and the impact on people, particularly older people, who are ‘lost to the system’ and not getting...
Helping the aged
Politics is all about priorities. So here are my top 10 priorities for the new prime minister and his team beyond June...
Ground control
This year’s Hay literary festival seemed at times more like the fringe at Labour party conference. A towering...
Hammering it home
Last April saw a series of negative newspaper headlines for Labour coupled with the resurgence of David Cameron’s new...
Brown’s Britain
In this year of change perhaps Gordon Brown’s biggest challenge as the next prime minister is to win the trust of the...