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James Purnell Articles

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 opportunity and a cautionary tale for Labour. While he will largely be remembered as a series of anecdotes about bare-footed platitudes and blue...
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Dates for your diary

WESTMINSTER SERIES 13 MARCH: A NEW PUBLIC REALM: HOW SHOULD PROGRESSIVES REFORM THE PUBLIC SECTOR? Grimond Room, Portcullis House, HoC, 6pm Andy Burnham MP, shadow secretary of state for health; Andrew Adonis, Progress; Cathy Warwick, Royal College of Midwives; Ben...
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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 Jonathon Freedland, who, writing as Sam Bourne, has a new thriller out. It’s called Pantheon, and it’s about wartime Oxford, with its checkpoints,...
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Taking welfare forward

Blue Labour has only figured out half the puzzle on welfare.

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