RSA - The Verdict-Did Labour Change Britain?

The Verdict-Did Labour Change Britain?

7th Oct 2010; 18:00

(full recording including audience Q&A)
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RSA Debate

Why did social mobility slow down on Labour's watch?

Has SureStart improved the prospects of tomorrow's children?

Did Labour policies worsen the recession?Does politics ever actually change anything?

Polly Toynbee and David Walker visit the RSA to analyse Labour's longest term in office, and to debate the role of politics in public life with a panel of expert commentators.

Speakers: Polly Toynbee is an author and a political and social commentator for the Guardian; David Walker edits Public and was formerly chief leader writer of the Independent; Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrat Peer and Professor Emerita of Electoral Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Chair: Matthew Taylor, chief executive, RSA