Sentences with phrase «left thinktank»

Several other organisations are running targeted seat campaigns, including pro-EU Open Britain and the centre - left thinktank Compass.

The debate came as the centre - left thinktank the Fabian Society released research which showed that Britain could see a near doubling of the number of black and Asian MPs at the next election, taking the total from 15 to at least 25.

Later today General Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, will tell centre - left thinktank Progress that he believes the armed forces should be «the very epitome of the welfare state».

Neal Lawson, chair of the centre - left thinktank Compass, said: «A hypothecated tax for the NHS could do three things: provide essential extra funding, get round the loss of trust in politicians and provide confidence that the one national institution people still believe in has a future.»

Osborne's boasts that impressive progress has been made ahead of the review were played down by Tony Dolphin, the chief economist of centre - left thinktank IPPR.

The centre - left thinktank's study, which challenges the orthodoxy of pursuing a stable inflation rate at the expense of everything else, envisages a major improvement in employment among 18 - to 24 - year - olds and those aged between 50 and 64.

Not exact matches

We analyse Blair's speech to the centre - left Progress thinktank and conclude that Blair's biggest legacy is a style of political language which has made obfuscation easier and political vision harder.

The thinktank argues that the fact local government in Britain is dependent on 80 % central funding leaves the UK lagging behind nearly all other European countries in transferring power to local people.

In his eight months outside the cabinet, Purnell has worked at the thinktank Demos building up ideas at the Open Left project and has become increasingly attracted to the work of London Citizens.

Writing in a pamphlet published this morning — entitled The Liberal Republic — to mark the thinktank's birthday, the Demos director, Richard Reeves, and former Blair speechwriter Phil Collins spell out their philosophy, arguing that a «Liberal line» runs through all the three main parties and is more interesting than classic dividing lines of left and right.

In his first post-election political move, Lord Mandelson has agreed to chair an inquiry into the future of globalisation for the left of centre thinktank the IPPR — an inquiry that is likely to be influential on Labour's policy review.

The centre - left Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) thinktank made a significant call for an economic «plan B» prior to an expected slump in growth forecasts today.

The left - of - centre thinktank said Labour was on track to see its number of MPs fall below 200 as a result of its poor polling performance and losses in Scotland.

It has antagonised some Blairites so much that they attack Miliband from the left: anti-Miliband Telegraph blogger Dan Hodges has helped to set up the pro-immigration thinktank the Migration Matters Trust.

The thinktank estimates that universal credit cuts will leave 1m working households an average of # 2,800 a year worse off by 2022.

He apparently has the backing of Shadow Energy Secretary Lisa Nandy as well as other left - wing figures such as political commentator Owen Jones and the chair of thinktank Compass, Neal Lawson.

Open Left, a new project at the thinktank Demos to provide a forum for rethinking political values and ideas, is launched today.

But Jonathan Simons, head of the education at the right - leaning thinktank Policy Exchange, said drastic falls in Ofsted grades are usually caused by major events such as a change in pupil cohorts, heads leaving, an exodus of teachers or a financial crisis.