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By James Purnell MP Yesterday we launched a new project at Demos called Open Left, which aims to renew the thinking and ideas of the Left. We want it to be an open conversation so please do take part. Britain is a fundamentally better place…
By James Purnell The Tories claimed they would tackle social breakdown through radical welfare reform and by rewarding marriage in the tax credit system. Now it is clear they would do neither. David Cameron defined his "central mission" as…
By James Purnell As you probably know, it was the third reading of the Welfare Reform Bill this week and I wanted to make sure that all Labour activists had the key messages on this, and also could see how the Tories, Liberals and SNP have…
By James Purnell Today's unemployment figures are bad. We will never forget that behind the statistics that will be banded around, the media today are real people. We will not repeat the mistakes of the 80s and early 90s and will never say…
By James Purnell When Karen Matthews was convicted, the Tories used the opportunity to demonise everyone on benefits. They argued that everyone on benefits was the next potential Karen Matthews. This is the same old Tory approach of being…
