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Tanked Up Articles

Wonks wake up to Brexit

It has already become a cliché to say historians will spend years poring over Britain’s shock Brexit vote. While there will inevitably be a huge amount of debate over the various causes and eventual consequences, few contest the magnitude of the result. The immediate...

Labour tales in modern Britain

Adam Harrison with the latest from the wonk world This age of post-truth politics can sometimes feel a little fantastical. In thinking about the publication of Jon Cruddas’ independent review of Labour’s election defeat and Tristram Hunt’s new book on England, a host...

If it’s broke, fix it

Adam Harrison with the latest from the wonk world Plenty about the way public services
 are currently run could be fixed, even if everything is not totally broken. Scottish Labour under leader Kezia Dugdale turned heads once more last month by pledging 
to abolish...

Labour’s unreconciled dilemma

As IPPR releases a raft of new reports on schools, housing and criminal justice reform, it is tempting to pursue business as usual and inspect its policy proposals. Times are, however, different. The ever-perceptive Stephen Daisley last month commented that Progress,...
If it’s broke, fix it

If it’s broke, fix it

Adam Harrison with the latest from the wonk world Plenty about the way public services
 are currently run could be...

Premier events

Premier events

Each year the centre-left thinktank Policy Network holds its Progressive Governance conference, which habitually...

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All change

All change

In the four years since Gordon Brown met Gillian Duffy the Conservatives have introduced an ‘immigration cap’ and our...

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Power surge

Power surge

It could be the week that marked the beginning of the end for ‘Labour’s institutional statism’ as Ben Lucas of the RSA...

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