The Purple Papers Articles

The Progress Purple Papers tour made its way to the University of East Anglia in Norwich last week to discuss the topic of 'Real change for Britain: what should Labour's priorities for government be?', hosted by former Suffolk police and crime commissioner candidate...

A party ready for government needs to have a mature policy-making process.  It needs to be bold and realistic, and it needs to appreciate that there will be difficult challenges to face once it is elected. That is why the Purple Papers are a useful and distinct...

According to the Daily Telegraph, senior government ministers are close to an agreement on capping care costs. They plan to make this a centrepiece announcement in the coalition’s midterm review in January. But if the Telegraph reports are correct, the cap will be set...

For the coalition government, and for any future Labour government, the choices around adult social care funding in England can really be boiled down to two questions. The first is: what is the state going to spend on care and support in future and how will this money...