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The State We're In at 25: reconsidering progressive politics

Will Hutton’s The State We’re In was one of the most important polemical works of the 1990s
Will Hutton’s The State We’re In was one of the most important polemical works of the 1990s
Monday 29 November 2021 | 1 hour 30 minutes 30 seconds
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The challenging, creative critique of the UK's political economy caught the public mood and provided intellectual underpinning for a period of progressive renewal. The book remains one of the bestselling books on UK public policy. But how relevant is it today?

Are the problems faced by the UK different now? And what lessons are there in progressive renewal? To mark the book's 25th anniversary, this event will bring together Will Hutton with leading political thinkers to update the work and consider parallels between the UK politics of the mid-90s and now.