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Author Archives: Fiona Melville
How can we make Birmingham like Chicago?
Today the Institute for Government held an event on elected mayors; I didn’t go but one of the tweets caught my eye: You can follow the whole Twitter stream here. But then I remembered this tweet: I like Gavin Barwell … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged Accountability, decentralisation, Devolution, Mayors, Responsibility
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Opening doors – but how people must walk through it themselves
A friend was recently invited to attend a formal dinner at a university, aimed at helping students prepare for what will face them in the real world. Setting aside for now the scandal that a university feels it has to … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Aspiration, Class, Education, Equality, Opportunity, Responsibility
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A political Budget: simplification, transparency, responsibility and equality
Unlike most people, I do not consider a political decision to be a bad one by definition. It is what it is – a decision made by politicians whose jobs depend on whether we trust them and whether their decisions … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged #budget2012, Budget, Debt, Deficit, Fairness, George Osborne, politics, Simplicity, Tax, Transparency
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From government to start-up: how sharing space can help entrepreneurs
Some of the happiest people I know run their own businesses. It’s tough, and it’s complicated, and they work incredibly hard – but they have enormous satisfaction. One of the many great organisations working with young people at risk of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Big Society, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Ideas, Innovation, Sharing, Smaller government, Start-ups
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It’s not enough to rely on blaming Labour
Every so often, I get a press release from CCHQ. You might think that, knowing our approach, they would want to tell us about the great things they’re doing – but no. They are all about why Labour is wrong. … Continue reading