Building an economy for the people: An alternative economic and political strategy for 21st Century Britain

Labour goes into its annual conference with a substantial poll lead but with an equally substantial credibility gap. It is not simply a question of Ed Miliband’s standing with actual and potential Labour voters, it is more a question of what Labour in government stands for.

And Ed Balls’ pre conference pledge to choose his policy options from the same menu of cuts as the Coalition offers the prospect of an election agenda defined by the choices that only the banks and big business favour.

The political dilemma faced by the working class in Britain, by the trade unions, and by that broad swathe of opinion that makes up the progressive consensus is bundled in with the failure of Labour to propose a convincing alternative.

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