-
Subscribe to our RSS
Nick’s Blog
Nick Pearce
Director
n.pearce@ippr.org
Follow Nick on TwitterNick Pearce is the Director of IPPR, having rejoined the institute in 2010 after serving as Head of the Policy Unit at No 10. An author and regular commentator on public policy in broadcast and print media, Nick writes on a wide range of issues, from social justice, public service reform and identity politics to the future of social democracy.
Nick blogs on things that matter to our public life, from the heart of progressive thinking in Britain.
Subscribe to our RSS
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
Tag cloud
arts and culture Big Society budget Coalition communities democracy devolution economy education election employment environment equality Europe families health housing IPPR justice leadership media migration nationhood New Labour older people party conferences policing political ideas progressivism public services reform schools social care spending taxation technology transport UK politics US politics welfare world politics young people zombiesBlogroll
- British Politics and Policy at LSE
- Conor's Commentary
- Conscience of a Liberal – Paul Krugman
- Consider the Evidence – Lane Kenworthy
- Crooked Timber
- Devolution Matters
- Euroblog – Jon Worth
- Gavyn Davies, Financial Times
- Global Sociology
- Huffington Post
- Left Foot Forward
- Liberal Democrat Voice
- Matthew Taylor's blog
- Next Left – Fabian Society
- Our Kingdom – Open Democracy
- Political Climate
- Potlatch
- Stumbling and Mumbling
- The Rest is Noise
You are here 
Nick's Blog September 2010
Nick's Blog September 2010
Monthly Archives: September 2010
I am apparently the 75th most influential leftie in Britain, according to the Daily Telegraph’s blog. Such lists are a bit of fun and at least of passing interest to those named on them. But what is a ‘leftie’? Personally, I … Continue reading
The Labour leadership debate has come right to the wire. Whoever wins will have to pedal very fast to set out a credible position in response to the Coalition’s Spending Review announcement, due on 20 October.
I am at the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool today, debating whether the Coalition will last.
Tony Dolphin, senior economist at IPPR, has spotted something interesting in the latest labour market statistics: 43 per cent of the increase in employment over the last year, and 25 per cent of the record increase in the last quarter, … Continue reading
Centrist US republicans are in turmoil this morning. Just yesterday, a friend of mine in a US think-tank wrote me this rather prescient email.
David Marquand penned an intriguing little piece about Edmund Burke in this weekend’s Guardian Review, calling on the left to reclaim a politician and philosopher who is usually considered one of the fathers of conservative thinking.
In the end, the last Labour government’s centralist model of public services exhausted itself, but it was probably the single most important driver of improved standards in vital areas such as education and health. The strategic cul-de-sac for Labour in … Continue reading
Welcome to my blog. A few times each week, I’ll use it to set out some thoughts on issues that matter to our public life – from the perspective of someone who holds progressive values and who has spent his … Continue reading
-
Subscribe to our RSS
Follow us on
Sign up to our newsletter