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ResPublica submits evidence to the Lyons Housing Review
27th March 2014
Press Releases
ResPublica recently submitted evidence to the independent review, carried out by Sir Michael Lyons as part of the Labour Party’s Policy Review.
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Liberalism now feels inadequate in this new age of insecurity
27th March 2014
Media Coverage
New Statesman on a new era of post-liberalism and Phillip Blond’s Red Tory.
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ResPublica submits evidence to the Banking Standards Review
24th March 2014
News
ResPublica recently submitted evidence to Sir Richard Lambert’s Banking Standards Review. Set-up in response to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, the review will create a new independent organisation to help raise the standards of competence and behaviour in the banking sector.
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Catalogue debt is bigger problem than payday loans – FT
23rd March 2014
Media Coverage
ResPublica’s research into alternative finance is featured in the Financial Times.
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‘Vital we create debt solutions in face of adversity’
19th March 2014
Media Coverage
Key points in ResPublica’s latest green paper, ‘Risk Waiver’ are highlighted in Mortgage Strategy.
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Loosen restrictions on building societies to help SMEs
17th March 2014
Media Coverage
Co-operative News profiles ResPublica’s latest green paper publication, ‘Markets for the Many’.
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La politique entre impuissance et scandales
14th March 2014
Media Coverage
Phillip Blond is featured in LesEchos as he shares his views on the Big Society.
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Local job services ‘vital to ensure Universal Credit works’
4th March 2014
Media Coverage
Public Finance on ResPublica’s report Responsible Recovery.
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“Responsible Recovery” report
4th March 2014
Media Coverage
Rochdale online on ResPublica’s new report.
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ResPublica’s Phillip Blond discusses the possibility of Ukrainian conflict spreading into Europe
3rd March 2014
Media Coverage
Phillip Blond joins Paul Mason on Channel 4 News to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, and the danger of war in Europe.
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.@dminnes Insecure work lowers morale, while businesses invest less in the skills of their transient staff. UK busi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@dminnes Rising employment rates should generate falling poverty. But as the employment rate reached a record 76%… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@dminnes Work itself is becoming less effective in providing adequate earnings, even as the National Living Wage w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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.@BenChu_: Do you have a view about the low-income insecure workforce?
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