Options for a New Britain [Hardcover]

In this book leading policy experts examine what has happened over the last decade across a broad range of key policy areas, what are currently the most salient challenges and what options might an incoming UK government, regardless of political persuasion, have to address them.Foreword: D.King Introduction Microeconomic Policy and the Productivity Agenda; N.Crafts Prosperity& Productivity; M.Weale Poverty, Inequality and Social Mobility; P.Kenway& J.Blanden Employment, Worklessness and Unemployment; M.Evans& S.Harkness NHS, Health and Well-Being; J.Appelby& A.Coutts Education; A.Wolf Science and Technology Policy; J.Grant& J.Krapels Crime and Criminal Justice: Exploring the Policy Options; M.Hough& J.V.Roberts Housing; S.Nickell Economy and Environment: Tackling Britain's Transport Problem; R.Wellings Energy, Climate Change and the Environment; F.Gallo, A.Woods, C.Hope, B.Worthington& A.Coutts Britain and the World: Options for UK Foreign and Security Policy; M.Chalmers Diversity and Extremism; V.Uberoi& S.Saggar Communications and Media Policy; D.Tambini The Constitution; G.Lodge& R.Gough

'An authoritative and rigorous analysis of the policy options for Britain in the next ten years. It looks across the whole range of policy areas, exploring the dilemmas which will confront governments, and how they might be resolved.' - Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge, UK

'A comprehensive account of the challenges that Britain faces in the decade ahead by a team of experts who also provide policy options to address these challenges.' - Robert Hazell, The Constitution Unit, UCL, UK

'Fascinating, timely and invaluable - a collection of independent perspectives of how key policy issues and options have changed and been addressed since 1996 together with thoughts on how the challenge of the next decade might be tackled.' Sir Michael Bichard, Institute of Government, UK

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