The Purple Book – new ideas for a new way of governing
Richard Angell, the Deputy Director of Progress, introduces The Purple Book, which sets out ideas for how a future Labour administration should govern.
Social Justice
Hillsborough ‘Thatcher briefings’ will bring truth a step closer
22 years after the Hillsborough disaster, the long and tenacious campaign to establish the truth of that fateful day looks set to come an important step closer.
Government needs to take on the energy companies to bring down prices
Fuel poverty is now a middle class issue. Until government takes on the big six energy companies or deals with building regulations, it will not be dealt with.
Help stop government changes to welfare penalising disabled children
New welfare reform proposals will result in many disabled children facing a cut of up to £1,400 per year (£27 per week) compared to their current welfare entitlements.
Don’t lets clear away aspiration for youngsters with the riot debris
Young people from lower income background not just suffer from lack of financial support, but a distance between them an ‘middle-class’ professions
How Pickles’s brutal council tax benefit reforms will pulverise the working-age poor
Pickles’ council tax benefit reform will disproportionaly affect the working-age population, incentivise local authorities to push poor people out to neighbouring boroughs, will penalise councils of poorer areas and create a patchwork of inconsistent systems.
The three things Cameron should know about sickness and disability benefits
Drawing on ongoing analysis of benefit receipt due to be published this autumn, we can confront David Cameron’s ignorant narrative with some real-world evidence.
Warnings over Scottish fuel poverty target as energy chief enjoys £2m bonus
New concerns are being raised about the bonus package being awarded to Ian Marchant, chief executive of Scottish and Southern Energy, reports Ed Jacobs.
Share of GDP paid to low earners down 25% in 30 years
The Resolution Foundation’s “Missing Out” report reveals that the share of GDP paid as wages to the bottom half of earners has fallen 25% in the last 30 years.
And now a Catholic leader attacks coalition’s welfare cuts
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, has slammed the coalition’s £18 billion welfare cuts.