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Steve Reed MP Articles

Labour’s people power revolution

Labour’s failure to shape a public service reform agenda was recently lamented on ProgressOnline. Since then, Ed Miliband has unveiled arguably the most radical public-service reform agenda since the second world war. Two days later Jon Cruddas gave a speech in which...
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The Socialist Way

It is good to see another collection of essays contributing to the debate about Labour’s renewal. The themes Roy Hattersley sets up in his introduction – a principled and values-driven Labour party, eschewing electoral opportunism and challenging austerity – are...
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Towards cooperative councils

Public services are at a turning point. The money’s run out just as our ageing population and rising unemployment mean there is more demand for social support than ever before. We need to find ways to do different for less, because, if we don’t, those people who need...
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Is the big state dead?

The state as we’ve known it since the second world war has delivered some remarkable achievements. We are, as a society, healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. But there have been unintended consequences too that are not so positive. For too many...
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