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The Northern Echo: Raj is running for Darlington

Richard Osley wrote 2 weeks ago: Raj Chada   RAJ Chada, the former Labour leader of Camden Council, wants to take over from form … more →

Tags: Camden Council, Raj Chada, Darlington, Northern Echo

Too much of a good thing1 comment

John Craig-Sharples wrote 2 months ago: In a Work Foundation report, Public Value: The Next Steps in Public Service Reform, David Coats and … more →

Tags: Innovation, Inspection, David Coats, Eidos Institute, Public value, Work Foundation

New Labour: Is it a small world after all?

ecologics wrote 2 months ago: Who is behind New Labour’s sweeping policies? It is well known that New Labour won the last el … more →

Tags: The Culture of Surveillance, Civil Liberties, UK's Political Culture, Politics, New Labour's Corruption, peter mandelson, Higher Education, Tony Blair, gordon brown

New plot ahead of Gordon Brown?

Julie wrote 2 months ago: It seems to be my “Gordon-Day” today-ok NOT. But I seldomly spend so much time blogging … more →

Tags: Politics, Tony Blair, gordon brown, Labour Party, Plotting, Stephen Byers, James Purnell, Caroline Flint, Daily Telegraph

Our aspirations and theirs

mkcommunists wrote 3 months ago: For everyone who rises to the top, there is someone who sinks to the bottom. Eddie Ford takes a look … more →

Tags: Weekly Worker, uk politics, Working Class, meritocracy, middle class, social mobility, class society, Class War, Class Struggle

Today's Issue - Inequality in Britain

Harry Kaufman wrote 4 months ago: The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, which is chaired by Alan Milburn, recently published it … more →

Tags: Issues Addressed in Film, video issues, Race, inequality, Jenni Russell, the guardian, Class, Gender

"A truly diverse and inclusive legal profession"

wilks wrote 4 months ago: I always enjoy John Naughton’s posts in Memex 1.1. Yesterday, in Onwards and downwards, what s … more →

Tags: Legal Profession, law firm trainees, Memex 1.1, social mobility

Social mobility, power and exclusion

Chris Mowles wrote 4 months ago: Last week a commission led by Alan Milburn set up to investigate social mobility in the UK reported … more →

Tags: schools, Power, anxiety, Norbert Elias, inclusion and exclusion, Empowerment, inclusion/exclusion, social mobility

The fallout from Norwich

David Jones wrote 4 months ago: Oliver Kamm, blogging on TimesOnline, offers his own  interpretation of  Norwich North and its fallo … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Labour Party, Charles Clarke, Frank Field, Stephen Byers, Norwich North by-election, Politics

Report season

dermaptera wrote 4 months ago: The think tanks are busy pushing out the ideas of politicians; floating daft policy notions, or prov … more →

Tags: Government, Books, James Purnell, Diane Purkiss, Levellers

Radio 4 on elitism and social mobility - in some sectors4 comments

billcode wrote 4 months ago: So, Labour and Alan Milburn have expressed real concern at the lack of social mobility in Britain. F … more →

Tags: Journalism, media convergence, media platforms, media convergence, media platforms, young journalists,, Politics and International Affairs, young journalists, Alan Milburn Radio 4, BBC Radio 4, broadcast elitism, Labour

Something Better Change!

grim rupert wrote 4 months ago: The Government-commissioned report on the social mobility of young people in this country speaks for … more →

Tags: English Public Schools, Boarding schools, Everyday Teaching Affairs, Privilege, Money, missed opportunities, Fate, Madness, pigs might fly

Only Rich Britons Can Get Professional Jobs1 comment

Ted Pugh wrote 4 months ago: (Reuters) – ONLY CHILDREN FROM THE RICHEST FAMILIES can enjoy careers in top professions, like … more →

Tags: Education, Professions, Fair Access to the Professions

Alan Milburn, the Chamaeleon

ecologics wrote 4 months ago: Updated July 23, 2009 Despite everything that’s happened, I don’t think many people grasp just how r … more →

Tags: Higher Education, UK's Political Culture, Politics, New Labour's Corruption, New Labour, Higher Education in the UK, Leitch Review of Skills, neoliberalism, peter mandelson

The Milburn Report

oliverobserves wrote 4 months ago: Last year the Prime Minister asked former Cabinet minister Alan Milburn to draw up a report on how t … more →

Tags: peter mandelson, Higher Education, Unleashing Inequality

Milburn throws in the towel1 comment

David Jones wrote 5 months ago: The news that Alan Milburn, the former Health Secretary, is standing down at the next general electi … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Labour Party, Politics

We can act on Conservative vulnerability

raincoatoptimism wrote 5 months ago: On Sunday morning I thought everything would be OK. I’d started to read the Observer and on th … more →

Tags: Labour Party, conservative party, David Cameron, David Miliband, gordon brown, Iain Dale, John Reid, Compass, observer

Where now for Labour? 1 comment

jonathantodd wrote 6 months ago: The Sunday Mail reports that support for Labour has fallen to 23 percent – the lowest since op … more →

Tags: British politics, Labour Party Strategy, Alan Johnson, Alistair Darling, Allegra Stratton, andrew rawnsley, Ben Bradshaw, Conservatives, damien mcbride

New Labour = New Liberals = Death (or does it?)

keeptonyblairforpm wrote 6 months ago: Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Number 10 Petition - ’Please go, Gordon’ - pre … more →

Tags: 1. Tony Blair, Brown (Gordon Brown & his Labour Government, from J, Charles Clarke, peter mandelson, Tony Blair, gordon brown, ben brogan


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