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private sector Articles

Encourage risk-takers

The private sector can deliver on Labour values, especially with the support of a centre-left government, writes Steve Wardlaw It seems like it is not a good time to come out in the Labour party. And by that I mean come out as pro-business. I first joined the party in...

A business rates revolution

Labour can become the champion of Britain's small and medium-sized businesses by radically reforming the way that SMEs are taxed, writes Fiona Dent The merciless shrinking of the public sector, austerity and the downward pressure on wages and secure working conditions...

The smallest minority

Attacking Topshop helps no one Politics remains a world dominated by white men and I am a BAME woman. Yet possibly the very smallest minority within the Labour party that I belong to is that of members who work in the private sector. This was a point I put to Jeremy...

No more ‘twiddling of thumbs’

The deputy prime minister’s plan to give all workers the right to request flexible working arrangements and to give new parents the ability to share their parental leave allowance should be welcomed. It is a sign that the government has begun to acknowledge the damage...
Investing in Wales

Investing in Wales

The discussion about how to strengthen the economic base in Wales has sometimes become a debate between the merits of...

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