Michael Young Articles

The next Labour leader should see it as their duty to create the space to encourage real debate It used to be said of the American Democrats that, in the aftermath of their repeated electoral drubbings in the 1980s, the party’s response was to form a circular firing...

‘People power’ requires a strategy for reform —After nearly four years of silence on the issue that divided the Blair-Brown governments, last month Ed Miliband set out the direction he wants to take Labour on public service reform, and it is a radical one. His Hugo...

Jon Cruddas establishes a frame for reform of power as a choice between Tony Crosland and Michael Young. Crosland espoused the old centralism with a bit of local agency delivery and consultation. Young called instead for a radical devolution of economic and political...