Prospects for Radical Welfare Reform

Phillip Collins, Leader Writer for The Times, Chair of DEMOS and ex-Speech Writer for Tony Blair, reflects on the complexity of welfare reform.

At the launch of the Centre for Welfare Reform, Phillip Collins, Leader Writer for The Times, once Tony Blair's speech writer and chair of DEMOS gave a talk welcoming the launch of the Centre and describing some of the challenges in bringing about change within the political system.

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