The Politics of Solutions Articles

Infrastructure is the life-blood of an economy. Coming in the form of energy, transport, communications, water and waste, it creates the national networks in which we live our lives. In the short term, infrastructure investment brings a stimulus to local areas. Each...

Politics is prone to hyperbole but it is no exaggeration to say that the creation of an independent infrastructure commission could turn out to be the defining achievement of the next Labour government. John Armitt's brainchild could be our equivalent of Bank of...

Surely aspiration drives our politics? We aspire for our children to do better than we did ourselves. We aspire for our communities to do well, and we believe the best way of securing all of this is through working together because we achieve more together than we...

When Labour was elected in 1997, the top National Health Service priority for patients and the public was waiting times. Back then, people were being forced to wait 18 months or more for their operation. While those with enough money had the choice of opting to pay to...