News & Insight

6 November 2013

The local Post Office and the red pillar box are both long standing symbols of community life in Britain. The future for both is very uncertain. The coalition government’s plan to sell the majority of shares in Royal Mail has devalued...

5 November 2013

‘It’s all about power.  Who’s got it.  Who knows how to use it’  - Buffy Summers Reading through the essays in ‘One Nation: Power, Hope, Community’ it's clear that Ed Miliband's concept of one nation not only aims to set out...

4 November 2013

This morning’s Financial Times has a big story on the decline in US public sector capital investment, including some eye-catching graphs. The article reveals that US gross investment has fallen to 3.6 per cent compared to a post war average...

1 November 2013

On Wednesday Sue Marsh reviewed ‘2030 Vision’ and called into question the approach the Fabian commission took to supporting disabled people. Our report has two time frames: it looked at the first few years of the next parliament; and at the...

1 November 2013

There is a gap between political debate about education and what teachers experience at the chalkface. Political discussion seems to constantly centre on types of schools, the difficulty level of exams and the influence of teaching unions. However, from my...