This article was originally posted on LabourList. Image above taken from here. Do people vote by values or interests? This question harks back to the dawn of Labour politics….
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This article, written by TCC’s David Evans, was originally posted on the New Statesman’s Staggers blog on June 1st, in the run-up to the election. It’s based on a poll we…
This article first featured on The Times Red Box. “In a 52%-48% referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the Remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third…
It was easy to raise an eyebrow at George Osborne’s new sugar tax; timed so well to keep less tasty economic morsels off the front pages. While in real terms…
The Values Choice: Cultural Values in the short and long-term – the debate continues Three years ago I wrote about the ‘Values Gap‘. This was a blog posting that has…
This is just a quick posting with a few observations on the recent Scottish Independence Referendum where on an 85% turnout, the country voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes: 1….
One of the things TCC have stressed in recent years is that if you are communicating to the general public, an unsegmented message increasingly means you reach some people, but…
The recent appointment of former Labour Minster Alan Milburn to be an independent expert reviewer on government progress over social mobility is welcome as it creates the opportunity to build…
Former New Statesman editor Peter Wilby writing in the Guardian yesterday, produced a critical piece on the use of Nudges in public policy. He described authors Thaler and Sustein’s “libertarian…
In his recent speech on Public Health, Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley set out his vision for a new Public Health Service. He was supportive of the initiatives…