http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/michael_jacobs en http://www.newstatesman.com/200107020014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200107020014 Mon, 02 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs What matters is what works, ministers say. Wrong, argues Michael Jacobs. Means count at least as much as ends, and so does a government's rhetoric

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200106110018 http://www.newstatesman.com/200106110018 Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs The 2nd Term - Within just a few weeks, ministers may come to regret one crucial election pledge

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200103050021 http://www.newstatesman.com/200103050021 Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Give us more bank holidays

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200101290020 http://www.newstatesman.com/200101290020 Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Let local councils vary income tax

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200011270018 http://www.newstatesman.com/200011270018 Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs This is the year that Labour went back to tax and spend. But can ministers convince a deeply sceptical public?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/199811130011 http://www.newstatesman.com/199811130011 Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:00:00 GMT Michael Jacobs Michael Jacobs thinks that, before very long, we really will have an energy tax

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