A Civil Society: Are we nearly there yet?

Article

This essay accompanies a speech given as part of IPPR's illumiantions events at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth 2003. David Blunkett MP sets out the key policy challenges faced in driving forward rel progressive change in civil society.

This essay accompanies a speech given as part of IPPR's illumiantions events at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth 2003. David Blunkett MP sets out the key policy challenges faced in driving forward real progressive change in civil society.

Related items

  1. A sign for a polling station next to a block of flats

    Modernising elections: How to get voters back

    Elections are the defining feature of modern democracy. They are the process by which we express a desired future en masse. It is the mass dimension that matters most; it is the mass dimension that is receding.

  2. Bridge to the future: how to get the NHS through the winter and ready for reform

    NHS staff across the country are gritting their teeth. Christmas parties have come and gone, but a more threatening annual tradition looms once again – the NHS ‘winter crisis’. This period, renowned for long waits and increased mortality,…

  3. The great enabler: transport’s role in tackling environmental crises and delivering progressive change

    In this special issue of IPPR Progressive Review we bring together leading political, academic and civil society thinkers to consider transport in modern Britain and its role in delivering a healthier, greener, more prosperous and…