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Young progressives Articles

This progressive is not for turning

There’s a new phenomenon sweeping the Twittersphere, which of course means it’s not really a phenomenon. Rather it is grandiose, self-important posturing of a number of self-declared Blairites, looking to  appropriate the term ‘Blairite’ to justify defecting to the...
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Britain needs more than HS2

  We all remember the current spending review. Osborne told us Britain was bankrupt, Gordon Brown had got it all wrong, and the only way to cut the deficit was to cut and cut fast. Capital investment was in the firing line and project after project was halted. We...
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Stealth cuts hitting cities hardest

A day after thousands of students marched in London against the well documented and unfair hiking of tuition fees, it is worth considering a less well known form of unfairness around student funding. Students are right to be angry about tuition fees rising – people...
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Ed’s four tasks for conference

1.       Offer a clear message to the country about growth and jobs It’s not surprising that the economy is still the biggest worry for people in Britain. Slow growth, poor job prospects, pay freezes, rising households costs, stalling investment in new jobs and small...
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