This discussion paper stands back from the constant cut-and-thrust and point-scoring of everyday politics to examine what a Better Britain might look like if some of its problems were addressed by imaginative and long-term solutions. As it shows, this need not to be a purely theoretical exercise because there are examples of countries in which some of the problems that Britain faces have been solved by the introduction of alternative and successful policies.The ideas in this paper are currently outside the Overton Window of what is considered reasonable to propose for implementation. Yet they could do much to repair Britain’s broken institutions and practices.
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- The editor and formatter of this paper would like to acknowledge the inputs and hard-work of Jennifer Kelly during the process of publication. 2
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- Executive Summary 3
- What Britain might be 5
- The Policies of a Better Britain 6
- Secondary Education 6
- Tertiary Education 7
- Planning housing and infrastructure 8
- Health 10
- Healthy Living 11
- Agriculture 13
- Taxation 14
- Business rates 15
- Justice 16
- United Nations 17
- Drugs 18
- The Ministries and the Quangos 19
- Trade 20
- Overseas Development 21
- Social Care 23
- Pensions 24
- Conclusion 27
- Epilogue 28
