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New Deal Articles

The escape from poverty

Labour made strong progress in the battle against poverty and unemployment, finds Anne Begg When the Labour government was elected in 1997 there were a number of challenges it faced. These were things that were anathema to an incoming Labour government and included:...

The party of ‘responsible welfare’

Labour will not win the 2015 general election unless we are seen by the majority of British people to be the party of responsible welfare. Whether we like it or not, in 2010, too many people, particularly skilled working-class voters felt that Labour had lost its way...

The Work Programme will work

Anthony McCaul writing on these pages argues that ‘The Work Programme won’t work for Cameron’s “troubled” families’ but seems to be unaware of the details of the Work Programme and how it will work for the long-term unemployed.

Taking welfare forward

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