welfare reform Articles

I have argued before that the Scottish National party’s commitment to progressive policies tends to be found wanting when tested against its populist instincts. There was more evidence to support my thesis last week in the Scottish parliament in a rather heated debate...

It’s time to talk assets Labour suffers, and, more importantly, the public suffer, when its welfare policy in power lacks clear defining strategic goals. For the Labour party these should normally be: to narrow inequality, to eliminate poverty, and to provide both a...

Debate about public service reform departs  from the wrong starting point, says Hilary Cottam The key lesson,’ begins Hilary Cottam, ‘is that everything – the thinking, the action, the design – needs to start from the point of view of people, not the institutions and...

Don't know about you, but I'm worried. It looks as though we are in danger of breaking Katwala's Law. Roadtested at party conferences this year, this is the Sunder Katwala's brilliant observation that – when it comes to immigration – 'make promises you can keep'....