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Byrne, Beveridge and welfare myths

9 January 2012 | Claudia Wood

By jumping on the coalition’s anti-scroungers welfare bandwagon, Labour’s Liam Byrne has squandered a chance to make progressive changes to the welfare system Read more

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Social investment: let the buyer beware

5 December 2011 | Dan Corry

Social investment could help charities and voluntary organisations through the tough times ahead. But only if they know what they’re taking on
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Despite the cuts: still grounds for optimism

10 October 2011 | John Tizard

Despite the prevailing doom and gloom in local government, there are still plenty of grounds for optimism if councils rise to the challenge Read more

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In all events

29 July 2011 | Mike Thatcher

‘Events, dear boy’ have certainly taken their toll on a coalition government that, only in its second year, appears stymied in all directions. Read more

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Getting out of the economic no-growth hole

28 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The prime minister is rumoured to be unhappy with the progress being made by the Treasury on economic growth. True or not, it is clear that tinkering isn’t working  Read more

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Fit for work test: unfit for purpose

27 July 2011 | Claudia Wood

The current government is using a new, tougher test for benefits eligibility. It has moved the goalposts and created a less generous definition of ‘fit to work’
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Take the politics out of pensions

27 July 2011 | Ian Mulheirn

Pensions have become a key battleground between government and public sector workers. Ian Mulheirn puts forward the case for a pay and pensions body to depoliticise the issue Read more...

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Growth figures: the state we’re in

26 July 2011 | Andrew Sissons

Today’s sluggish growth figures show that the government has got to completely reconsider the role of the state in boosting the economy Read more

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Phone hacking: all in this together

7 July 2011 | Colin Talbot

The News of the World phone hacking revelations have opened up a huge can of worms for the political establishment Read more

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What happened to collective responsibility?

5 June 2011 | Dan Corry

It seems that Blairite ‘sofa government’ has been transformed into coalition ‘telephone government’, with policy decisions made during Sunday night calls between David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Surely, there’s a better way Read more

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