Full Description
The first in-depth analysis of Starmer's government from a social policy perspective, this book situates Labour's approach within a comparative framework of political traditions. It offers a rigorous, accessible foundation for understanding the ideas, constraints and consequences shaping contemporary social welfare in the United Kingdom.
Contents
1. Introduction: Labour's Return to Power - Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell
2. Labour and Public Expenditure - Nick Ellison
3. The Labour Government, Public Opinion and Social Policy - Andrew Defty
4. Labour, Climate Change and the Net-Zero Agenda - Carolyn Snell
5. The Governance of Social Policy Under Labour - Hugh Bochel
6. Fit for the Future? The NHS Under Labour - Martin Powell
7. Plus Ça Change: Labour, Education and the Three 'Faces' of the State - Patrick Bailey, Bronwen Jones and Stephen J Ball
8. Labour Housing Policy in England - Peter Somerville
9. Repairing the Safety Net? Social Security Under Labour - Sharon Wright, Steve McKay and Karen Rowlingson
10. Making Work Pay? Labour Market and Employment Policies - Anne Daguerre and David Etherington
11. Migration and Asylum Under Labour - Nando Sigona
12. It Depends What You Mean by 'National', It Depends What You Mean by 'Care' and It Depends What You Mean by a 'Service' - Adult Social Care Under Labour - Jon Glasby
13. Social Policy, Children and Families: Continuity and Change - Harriet Churchill, Ros Edwards and Val Gillies
14. Labour and Criminal Justice: Legacies, Wicked Issues and Events - Peter Squires
15. Labour and Equalities: Addressing Gender, Disability and Racial Inequality - Kirstein Rummery
16. Devolution and Social Policy - Ann Marie Gray
17. Conclusions - Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell
