Tuesday 13th May
British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
12noon to 1.30pm
Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and local government will explore the potential of the new politics and what it could mean in practice.
The big challenges that the country faces, from climate change to global competition, to the rising aspirations of individuals, to the desire for stronger, safer, more sustainable communities, can no longer be solved by the old politics. Britain and the government of Britain needs, as the Prime Minister has said, a new type of politics which embraces everyone in the nation and not just a select few, a politics that is built on engaging with people and not excluding them, and perhaps most of all a politics that draws upon the widest range of talents and expertise, not narrow circles of power.
But what will this new politics mean in practice, what will it mean on the ground, to people living their lives as citizens, consumers and members of local communities?
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This speech is part of the SMF Cabinet Lecture
Series, which continues in June with an address by Jacqui Smith.