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James Purnell Articles
Old, New, borrowed, blue
It is both interesting and heartening that the most fruitful and constructive strands of debate taking place within...
Dude, where are my policies?
There's only one thing harder than remembering a 65-minute speech by heart: writing the policies to go with it. As...
End of the Hilton Tories
Steve Hilton’s exit from No 10 confirms that this government has lost all of its reforming instincts. That is both an...
Dates for your diary
WESTMINSTER SERIES 13 MARCH: A NEW PUBLIC REALM: HOW SHOULD PROGRESSIVES REFORM THE PUBLIC SECTOR? Grimond Room,...
Thinking eugenics
While holed up in the Travelodge, Euston last night (oh, the glamour) I caught the end of a discussion on Radio 4 with...
Taking welfare forward
Our party has hard truths to face on welfare. The public rejected us at the last election for a host of reasons. One...
Revision notes
As the Labour party begins renewing itself in opposition, attention inevitably turns to Labour's history - and,...
Alan Johnson’s gamble
It might be that Ed Miliband secretly enjoys the ‘Red Ed' tag. It's the cool nickname he never had at school,...
Never stop reforming
New Labour liked to make the public service reform agenda something where you were either onboard or you were a...
Citizen action
Jonny Scott is sipping coffee at the kitchen table of another stranger. Though they met just this Tuesday afternoon,...
Reform or discrimination?
There were many regressive elements to George Osborne's emergency budget last week but one which has gone largely...