This week’s event hosted by Progress and chaired by Jon Cruddas fielded an impressive array of speakers including Liz...
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Let it go: Power to the people in public services Articles
A community approach to public service reform
Over the last year, the concepts of localism and devolution have grown to become increasingly important in the lexicon...
The politics of empowerment and ‘let it go’
This week, Labour’s progressives convened in parliament, to discuss an emerging political agenda that is rising on the...
Great leaders foster great public services
Perhaps the most important insight from this collection of interviews by Liz Kendall MP and Steve Reed MP is the huge...
A better way is possible: developing a dialogue about reform in social work
We are pleased to be offered the right to reply to ‘Change or get out of the way’. We write on behalf of a group of...
Think differently about the state
It is the poor – those for whom Labour claims to fight the hardest – who are the greatest victims of low-quality...
Aspiration is the key
Labour needs to be ready to tackle the risk of a rise in interest rates hitting hard-pressed families and respond in a...
‘It’s a partnership between clinician and service user’
It is likely that people’s lives have been saved thanks to personal budgets, say Gill Ruecroft and Sarahlee Richards...
‘Change or get out of the way’
Josh MacAlister is spearheading a revolution in social work empowering both families and practitioners Three years ago...
‘I would have been angry too’
Labour needs to learn to let go, says Jim McMahon 'If we had gone into marriage guidance counselling at that point,’...
‘Listen’ is always good advice
‘Listen’ is always good advice. Listen to those who deliver outstanding public services, is extremely good advice. And...
‘You need to know when to let go’
We need to ‘think family’ and work back from there, argues Jayne Moules From unemployment to drug and alcohol...