HopeWorks

How to get Britain behind Burnham’s new vision?

Britons want change, but they need a story that makes sense of it. Will Snell, Fairness Foundation, sets out the conception of fairness that can hold…

Jul 22

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What is the role of progressives in a Burnham government?

HopeWorks: A Progressive Reader #7.

Jul 17

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How Whitehall can learn to love Manchesterism

Bruno Dent, Future Governance Forum, lays out how Burnham can reform the British state in his first hundred days, from No.10 to the Treasury.

Jul 2

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June 2026

Good growth in every postcode, and hope in every heart

The state, the voter, and the stage

Jun 29

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What's at stake in Makerfield?

Makerfield, Manchesterism, and the fight over defence spending

Jun 17

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Securing change

The politics of hope, immigration, and much more

Jun 3 • HopeWorks

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May 2026

How do we unite the left?

How local, national and global action builds a progressive future.

May 27

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Why did Labour lose? What should it do next?

The best of local election analysis

May 11

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#1 HopeWorks: A Progressive Reader

On progressive Christianity, the virtue of fiscal prudence, and how to fight inequality

May 1 • HopeWorks

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April 2026

The right way to argue about wealth

Progressives are in danger of losing the argument about wealth. Jack Jeffrey, Fairness Foundation, shows how republican political theory might help them…

Apr 24 • HopeWorks

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Labour needs to modernise its politics of work

Josh Westerling, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, lays out the features and the limitations of the Labour Government's new employment legislation.

Apr 10 • HopeWorks

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February 2026

Neither rain nor fire, Sir Keir Starmer's fading search for a story

Guest writer, Marc Stears, Director, UCL Policy Lab & former chief speechwriter to the Labour Party, reflects on what the artists, Turner and Constable…

Feb 5 • HopeWorks

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