by Peter Taylor-Gooby We stand on the brink of a new golden age of the welfare state. As the UK staggers towards Brexit, it is becoming increasingly obvious that separation from the EU, however accomplished, […]
by John Clarke The Grenfell Tower fire has shaken many aspects of the prevailing British political culture. Most strikingly for me, in the aftermath of the fire, Tottenham MP David Lammy gave an interview in […]
by Stephen Crossley In 1967, Martin Luther King began work on a book titled ‘Where Do We Go from Here?’, in which he argued that the choice was between ‘chaos or community’. The book, published […]
by Fiona Williams For weeks I’ve been grabbed by the throat: deep sobs that hijack the roll out of sleep, gasping for air as if those dying were mine as if the mums and […]
by Jonathan Bradshaw What is the worst social security policy ever? There are many competitors for this accolade in our history — less eligibility in 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the 1934 Unemployment Assistance Board […]
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