If Labour wish to decentralise power, they must accept that ownership matters: the alternative is a continued shift of power - and two recent books show the road forwards.
When even ex-Blairites are turning their back on the doctrine of New Public Management, why do such policies still guide reform? Dexter Whitfield's new book asks how we got here, and what practical alternatives there are for the future.
The right in Britain increasingly dominates the discourse on all major political issues. Is the answer for the left to move to the centre? Or can it pull the centre towards itself?
