Donald Hirsch
Articles by Donald Hirsch
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Politics
Be thankful for comprehensives
- 10 December 2001
The latest school survey is a blow to advocates of selection: mixing up social classes reduces inequality without harming overall results
Politics
Has Brown sprung a new poverty trap?
- 19 November 2001
Means tests do help the poor but the Chancellor has still to sort out the snags
Politics
Brown moves the goalposts
- 12 March 2001
Both main parties are now promising extra cash for the disadvantaged. For British politics, that represents an astounding change
Politics
Help the over-50s work part-time
- 11 December 2000
NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Help the over-50s work part-time
Politics
Say thank you to Mr Brown
- 25 September 2000
This is the first Labour government in history to do more for social justice than it promised
Politics
The end is nigh for the Beveridge welfare state
- 27 March 2000
Donald Hirsch finds the Chancellor not guilty of stinginess to the poor, but records an open verdict on his use of means tests to help them
Politics
Do the workless have to be idle?
- 26 July 1999
Donald Hirsch argues that the government's welfare policy, based on the idea that paid work is the answer to everything, is hopelessly unmodern
Politics
And what about the workless?
- 12 March 1999
Donald Hirsch fears that new Labour's Budgets, though helpful to the poor, will have only a partial effect on social exclusion
Politics
Blair can learn from Stephen Fry
- 11 December 1998
Governments usually become old and cynical. Donald Hirschhopes this one will be an exception
