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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Sep 30 2010
The introduction of a living wage for London is needed to prevent hard working families from slipping into poverty and to address the growing inequalities that are damaging our society
1 CommentTweet With the new leader of the Labour party making it a core tenet of his policy package, and with support across the political and business spectrum, the momentum behind the living wage campaign is growing. Paul Rainford argues that, … Continue reading
Posted by: September 30, 2010
Tagged with: coalition, David Cameron, government, Labour, politics, UK, uk government, uk politics
Sep 29 2010
Did Ed’s First Speech Change The Story?
1 CommentTweet The new Labour leader Ed Miliband’s first speech was very important for both him and the party. Charlie Beckett takes an in depth look at the speech and finds it to be wide ranging but not ground-breaking. This article first … Continue reading
Posted by: September 29, 2010
Tagged with: Ed Miliband, government, Labour, media, newspapers, social media, UK, uk government, uk politics
Sep 28 2010
The economic benefits of high speed rail in Europe can now be demonstrated beyond doubt. Now the UK should consider investing in HSR as well
2 CommentsTweet The coalition government is committed to the development of Britain’s transport networks, and encouraging low carbon solutions such as railway development. Gabriel Ahlfeldt shows how an innovative study of the impacts of a new German high speed rail (HSR) … Continue reading
Posted by: September 28, 2010
Tagged with: Germany, government, High Speed Rail, HSR, infrastructure policy, Transport Policy, uk politics
Sep 27 2010
How to lead the Labour party – it’s not only about winning office, but about defining the political spectrum and reshaping British society
Leave a commentTweet With Labour receiving just 29 per cent of the vote in the 2010 general election, Ed Miliband has a mountain to climb as the party’s new leader. Robin Archer argues that a purely centrist approach to his new job … Continue reading
Posted by: September 27, 2010
Tagged with: government, Labour, politics, uk government, uk politics
Sep 24 2010
‘Red Ed’ is tipped for victory, ‘Red Vince’ ruffles a few feathers and Nick Clegg converts to Thatcherism – round up of political blogs for 18-24 September
Leave a commentTweet Chris Gilson, Paul Rainford and Amy Mollett take a look at the week in political blogging. Weekend As Nick Clegg declares there is “no future” for the Liberal Democrats as a left-wing alternative to Labour, 52% of Lib Dem … Continue reading
Posted by: September 24, 2010
Tagged with: blogs, Cabinet, capitalism, deficit, Economic Policy, Labour Leadership, media, Nick Clegg, party conference, political blogs, public spending, social media, uk government, uk politics, Vince Cable, weekly round up
Sep 23 2010
The Tory honeymoon dulls, Labour revives even without a leader and the Liberal Democrats are teetering on a precipice – the State of the Parties in September 2010
2 CommentsTweet As political trends snap into sharp focus next week with the crowning of the new Labour leader, the party is already level-pegging with the Conservatives again, and the edge has for the moment gone off the Tories’ poll ratings. … Continue reading
Posted by: September 23, 2010
Tagged with: David Cameron, Hung Parliament, Labour, Labour leadership election, marginal seats, Miliband, Multi-party system, Nick Clegg, polling, uk government, uk politics, uniform swing
Sep 22 2010
Farewell then NPfIT across the health service. But without learning longer-term lessons, will locally-orientated IT development in the NHS just be going back to the future?
4 CommentsTweet Long a focus of controversy, the NHS’s flagship programme for renewing its information technology has been radically scaled down and ‘re-focused’ by the new coalition government. Jerry Fishenden welcomes the change, but worries that letting diversity bloom again without … Continue reading
Posted by: September 22, 2010
Tagged with: coalition, Department of Health, health, IT, NHS, NPfIT, procurement, uk government, uk politics
Sep 21 2010
The ‘phoney war’ period of the ‘age of austerity’ is over – welcome to a new and nasty normal
Leave a commentTweet As the Liberal Democrats kick off the party conference season, tax and public spending issues look set to completely dominate politics for the next three years at least. Tony Travers sees the ‘age of austerity’ moving from its ‘phoney … Continue reading
Posted by: September 21, 2010
Tagged with: coalition, David Cameron, Education, election, healthcare, Multi-party system, policing, politics, public spending, uk government, uk politics
