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Cameron’s trap is a political contest based on managing austerity rather than promoting growth. By BEN JACKSON & GREGG MCCLYMONT
In the black Labour: Why fiscal conservatism and social justice go hand-in-hand is a new discussion paper co-authored by Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen.
The collapse of the Spanish socialist government adds to a familiar casualty list: European social democrats have now lost 19 out of 24 elections since the fall of Lehman brothers.
Germany’s constitutional debt “brake” sets the context in which the SPD works to combine social democratic values and strict fiscal discipline.
Budget consolidation became a critical ideological victory for Swedish social democracy in the aftermath of the 1990s financial crisis.
Democrats lose if they allow the debate to be framed as a choice between more deficit spending and debt reduction.
A series of responses from leading voices on the centre-left to the In Black Labour debate on economic credibility.
Andrew Tarrant interviews SPD minister Matthias Machnig on German lessons for the UK's industrial policy.
Parliamentary recess saw Policy Network publish a substantial new pamphlet on “Cameron's trap”.
Policy Network continues its work on The Politics of Climate Change with Anthony Giddens in a series of seminars on geo-engineering, shale gas and nuclear power.
Policy Network are holding a major conference to evaluate the future of economic governance in the EU and make constructive proposals for a stronger and more sustainable path.