Did the BBC assume that asylum applications, unlike every other area of society, were completely free of fraud? Seems like a total loss of perspective over their investigation, now into its second day of dominating their headlines

What will it take to revive economic democracy 50 years after the Meidner plan? - LSE Business Review Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Meidner plan, Neil Warner looks at the prospects for reviving the “third pillar” of democratisation.

Fifty years ago this year, one of the most powerful labour movements in the world adopted an audacious plan to transform the ownership structure of a capitalist economy in an electoral democracy.

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As we @ippr.org have set out though, there is still a strong case for capping donations from all sources, including domestic companies and individuals, to take big money from mega donors out of politics and tackle inequalities in influence.

About the advisory group | IPPR The populist radical right is not just gaining in the battle of votes but is also dominating the battle of ideas: about who the state is for, how it should

Friday news! We're launching the advisory panel for @ippr.org's Decade of National Renewal today.

An incredible group of thinkers to keep us in line as we do some creative thinking about what the left should stand for in an increasingly uncertain world.

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A Decade of National Renewal | IPPR Our programme of work exploring how we can usher in a decade of national renewal.

Recognising that opens up space to rethink what the state can and should do to shape how markets affect our lives.

Something we’re thinking about a lot with IPPR’s Decade of National Renewal programme – watch this space!👀

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Lots to chew on in the Chancellor’s Mais lecture, but worth highlighting the clear case for an activist state shaping the economy we want.

The state’s always been key to shaping how capitalism works - even in its ‘free-market’ heyday - nice to see that discussed so openly!

Reclaiming Britain - a response | IPPR By engaging directly in a discussion of nation-building it tackles a problem than many avoid. Fear that nation-building must inevitably collapse into natio

Grateful to the wise @jydenham.bsky.social for engaging with my work on nationalism with Parth Patel for @ippr.org. Much I agree with.
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Loved this piece — We’re really not talking enough about what multiparty Britain means for the rest of our democratic institutions which are very much two-party shaped!

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next? How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
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