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Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editors' introduction -- SECTION ONE: PROGRESSIVE VALUES AND POLITICS -- Building a good society: an argument for radical hope -- The strange rebirth of free trade and practical economics -- Putting the security back into social security -- Reinventing public services -- Regeneration with imagination -- How will we live in the future? -- Reimagining Britain: a new approach to environmental issues -- No such place as 'abroad': a foreign policy for progressives -- Celebrating the movement of people -- Trade unions: at the heart of a progressive future -- Radical devolution: what the Scottish referendum taught us -- SECTION TWO: MAKING IT HAPPEN -- Rediscovering the soul of progressive politics -- Understanding modern Britain -- Is there a progressive majority? -- Lessons from the Ashdown-Blair 'project' -- Examples of progressives working together -- Lessons from abroad: there is always an alternative -- Is the party over? -- Embracing electoral reform -- Creating the space for change -- The appetite and mechanics for cooperation -- Communicating a new politics -- Conclusion: This is the start of something big! -- Copyright -- Advertisement

AbstractGrowing divisions between Britain's towns and cities have created a dilemma for the Labour Party in seeking to represent very different parts of the country. There are some who argue that Labour must choose the global networked youth—who largely reside in cities—in order to maximise its electoral chances. This is an argument that defies electoral gravity and fails to address the root causes of the gulf between towns and cities. As jobs and investment have gone into cities, many towns have seen the local population age and local economies become unsustainable. In both towns and cities there is a clamour for power to move closer to home and for the renewal of democratic institutions, offering Labour the chance to win power and end the divisions that have come to characterise British politics.

AbstractPopulism has leapt from fringe protest to shaping, even dominating, mainstream politics in just a few years. Behind this political and social upheaval is an economic and political settlement that has failed to deliver good jobs, life chances and sustainable communities in many parts of the country, particularly outside urban centres. The failure of mainstream political parties to build a new settlement following the financial crash in 1998 has left a vacuum which now threatens the foundations of liberal, representative democracy. Progressive politicians need to build a new pluralist settlement based on a radical devolution of power that allows decision making to become less remote, more responsive and brings capital under greater democratic control.

A medley of Labour MPs and parliamentary candidates reflect on their own distinctive experiences of the 2015 General Election campaign, while also drawing attention to some increasingly important issues in British politics.

A medley of Labour MPs and parliamentary candidates reflect on their own distinctive experiences of the 2015 General Election campaign, while also drawing attention to some increasingly important issues in British politics.