Let it go: Power to the people in public services Articles

Perhaps the most important insight from this collection of interviews by Liz Kendall MP and Steve Reed MP is the huge impact that people prepared to think differently about public services can have on the quality of local services. Whether it is social entrepreneurs...

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 senior social work researchers. For some readers the way we educate social workers may seem a niche concern. However, the interview and its treatment in...

It is the poor – those for whom Labour claims to fight the hardest – who are the greatest victims of low-quality public services Public service reform has long been derided by some on the left as unnecessary, technocratic and harmful to public sector workers. Worse...

Labour needs to be ready to tackle the risk of a rise in interest rates hitting hard-pressed families and respond in a way that speaks to their aspirations Throughout this parliament, Ed Miliband has prosecuted a successful argument about the cost of living. As prices...