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Talking about immigration
The biggest ever consultation on immigration comes at a time when the topic has fallen off the Westminster radar, writes British Future’s Jill Rutter One of the more surprising consequences of the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union is that there has been an eerie silence in Westminster about the defining issue of the vote, immigration, ever since.
The collapse of political trust
We should have realised that increased concerns over immigration would lead to a political rupture on the scale of Brexit, writes Caroline Flint MP Where did it all go wrong? As a conviction politician and democratic socialist, I recognise an inherent tension in my politics. As a six-times elected Labour member of parliament, I am elected to serve others: constituency, country and party.
The death of illegitimacy
Today, half the children in Britain are born to unmarried parents – but not so long ago I was seen very differently, explains Caroline Flint I was born to a 17-year-old single mother. Wendy married when I was young. Until I was 10, I had no idea I was illegitimate. I thought Flint was the name I was born with. I was born Caroline Louise Beasley. My mum and nanny and grandad Beasley were ever-present. Years later, I was reminded that, as a toddler, I would potter around their Twickenham pub.
A fresh approach
As the UK speeds towards the European Union exit door, Caroline Flint argues it’s time for ‘Britonomics’ Dire economic warnings won’t persuade the public to abandon Brexit. The vote on June 23 last year was a political choice, not an economic one. Against prevailing opinion, the public voted out. The driving motivation was control over immigration and borders – even if there was an economic cost.
A new European party will fail
The creation of a new centre party is no alternative to Labour winning back the centre-ground, says Caroline Flint Like Blu-rays and Segways, a new centre party is an over-hyped idea, destined to promise much and deliver little. The liberal-minded press would love it.?They have been in a tiswas as the United Kingdom’s political moorings have come adrift.
1997, women and Labour - 20 years on
The 418 Labour MPs elected in 1997 kicked out a Tory government. The 101 of us who were women also transformed our politics. Until that election, parliament had been a largely male preserve and that distorted public policy. We had a welfare state based on male living and working patterns, while many children and pensioners, especially women, were living in poverty.
Seeking a social care consensus
Labour will enhance, not damage, its position, by seeking a consensus on social care funding – Read Caroline Flint’s speech at Progress’ cross-party social care event Thank you Progress for hosting this timely and important discussion. It is now over a year since I and Liz Kendall started working with Norman to advance the argument for an independent national commission to bring forward recommendations for a long term solution to the social care crisis.
News and debate from the progressive community
A long-term consensus on social care would be an achievement – not a betrayal, argues Caroline Flint Labour and the National Health Service go together like bread and jam. It is part of our identity and a great illustration of our values. After all, Labour founded the NHS, rooted its principles in the heart of our political system, and is responsible for the greatest period of modernisation and investment between 1997 and 2010.
Beyond the free bus pass
Labour must be alive to older voters or it will be dead in the water —Labour is still coming to terms with its new identity after the landslide victory of Jeremy Corbyn. Without doubt, Corbyn has activated a base of left-leaning activists. His followers have been enthusiastic, and some, an estimated 12 per cent, are young. This should bode well for the renewal of Labour’s base of active members. Engaging young people is important.
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