Progress strategy board elections Articles

This may seem surprising to Tory ministers, but landlords often prefer to let their properties to people who are on the dole. Far from being unattractive tenants, people who are in receipt of welfare benefit fulfil the prime objective of the landlord, which is to get...

In my first Progress strategy board article I attempted to set out some of the core democratic challenges that I think underpin Britain’s political health and how organisations like Progress can contribute to a radical improvement in the quality of the debate. In this...

It is with a healthy sense of relief that we all welcomed the coalition’s decision to launch a commission into the future of aviation. Maria Eagle only called for this a year ago so the Tories are catching up at last! However, the two options most regularly bandied...

According to conventional wisdom, politicians need the media to get elected and the media need the politicians to satisfy an unrelenting public appetite for news. What will the recommendations from the Leveson inquiry tell us that the expenses scandal and the drip...