Policy Network - Opinion

UK • Labour • Ed Miliband

Caught Between Populism and a Hard Place

Hopi Sen - 02 May 2013

Labour has to find its space between the fantasy of populism and the vacuousness of indecision.
Labour • Politics • UK

The low tax splash

Hopi Sen - 14 February 2013

The Conservatives have tried unsuccessfully to use Europe and welfare to get off the floor. Ed Miliband’s tax announcement is intent on pinning them down.
Welfare • Public Opinion • Contribution

Decision time for the Left on welfare

David Goodhart & Duncan O’Leary - 06 February 2013

The British public hold high notions of welfare benefits in return for contributions. This gives the Left answers and headaches in equal measure.
Germany • SPD • 2013 Election

The Teflon Chancellor only gets stronger

Michael Miebach - 19 December 2012

The SPD are likely to run a campaign focused on social inequalities and Obama-style campaigning as Angela Merkel’s popularity continues to soar.
Labour • Redistribution • Austerity

The cold comfort of holding patterns

Hopi Sen - 18 December 2012

Labour has found its oppositional rhythm. Tough political leadership is now required to set a governing blueprint which does not rely on redistribution.
Britain • EU • Referendum

Britain awaits an inevitable referendum

Peter Mandelson - 19 November 2012

Britain is limbering up for another battle over Europe and those who take a realistic view of its future need to prepare.
UK • Labour • Europe

One nation, many political shambles

Hopi Sen - 01 November 2012

The British public have a choice between the opposition’s good intentions and a never ending series of incompetent self-lacerations.
Pre-distribution • Human Capital • Fairness •

What is pre-distribution?

Kitty Ussher - 22 October 2012

Pre-distribution may be a new word but it is a route into exploring some far older ideas that lie at the heart of progressive debate.
Feature Essay: Pre-distribution

The promise of pre-distribution

Martin O’Neill and Thad Williamson - 28 September 2012

Pre-distribution cannot be innocuous or uncontroversial.
Pre-distribution • Inequality • Efficiency

Pre-distribution as a new set of policy tools

Paul Gregg - 25 September 2012

The concept of pre-distribution is not new, but it opens up new policy tools that could represent a profound challenge to neo-liberalism.

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