INDEX OF ARTICLES AND LETTERS PUBLISHED SINCE JANUARY 1999

INDEX OF ARTICLES AND LETTERS PUBLISHED SINCE JANUARY 1999

DATE	PUBLICATION	TITLE
17/01/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	LABOUR IN CRISIS? NONSENSE, TONY IS DOING A GREAT JOB
18/01/1999	THE TIMES	LETTER: WELFARE TO WORK AND FOILING FRAUD
JANUARY/MARCH 1999	CRUCIBLE	WHAT THEN WAS THE UNTHINKABLE?
26/01/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	PAPERING OVER THE CRACKS
10/02/1999	DISABILITY NOW	REFORMS ENCOURAGE DEPENDENCY
26/02/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	REFORMS MISS THE MARK
28/02/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	BRITAIN WILL DIE IF BLAIR FORCES US INTO THE EURO
20/03/1999	THE ECONOMIST	LETTER: FIELD OF VISION
22/03/1999	THE TIMES	HOW TO END THE GREAT BENEFIT FRAUD
29/03/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	MORAL DILEMMA FOR FUNDS
31/03/1999	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: IT IS THE GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGY ON WELFARE REFORM THAT MAY NOT ADD UP
06/04/1999	THE INDEPENDENT	BOOK REVIEW OF BEFORE BEVERIDGE
07/04/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	IT REMINDED ME OF PARTS OF BEIRUT
14/04/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	PICKING UP THE PIECES
15/04/1999	INFOLIO	THE EUROPEAN PROJECT
18/04/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	LET’S WIN THE WAR AT HOME OVER EVIL OF CHILD POVERTY
26/04/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	MIG DEFEATS ITS PURPOSE
28/04/1999	THE GUARDIAN	LETTER: LIMITING NHS LITIGATION
05/05/1999	FINANCIAL TIMES	A BETTER DEAL
16/05/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	THEY ARE DOING TO OUR NATION WHAT THE LUFTWAFFE COULDN’T
17/05/1999	NEW STATESMAN	COUNTING THE COST OF WELFARE
18/05/1999	THE GUARDIAN	LETTER: BENEFIT TRAP
20/05/1999	DAILY TELEGRAPH	LETTER: INQUIRY’S REMIT GOES TOO FAR
21/05/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	MIG FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED
26/05/1999	THE TIMES	LETTER: DISABILITY BENEFITS
09/06/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	MPs HAVE THEIR DUTY TO VOTERS
23/06/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	WHY WE SHOULD BUILD ON SUCCESS
28/06/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	REBUILDING PUBLIC TRUST IN PENSIONS
02/07/1999	THE GUARDIAN	LETTER: NOT WELL FAIR
04/07/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	WELFARE REFORM NEEDS A LOT MORE THAN JUST PROMISES
JULY/AUGUST	ROOF	BACK DOOR: HOUSING BENEFIT
21/07/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	LETTER: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND
21/07/1999	WIRRAL GLOBE	LETTER: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND
28/07/1999	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: NEW DEAL RESEARCH DID NOT UNDERSTAND ASSUMPTIONS
JULY 1999	FABIAN REVIEW VOLUME III, NO.2	SHOULD LABOUR BE SEEKING A LOWER BASIC RATE OF INCOME TAX? YES
02/08/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FUTURE
08/08/1999	SUNDAY PEOPLE	£24 TAX PLAN FOR DIGITAL TV IS A NATIONAL SCANDAL
14/08/1999	THE TIMES	LETTER: ELECTORAL REFORM
16/08/1999	NEW STATESMAN	DON’T IGNORE THE CORE TONY
SEPTEMBER 1999	PARLIAMENTARY MONITOR	WELFARE’S NOT WORKING
SEPTEMBER 1999	NEW EUROPE	CLOSING THE BOOK ON GREAT BRITAIN
04/09/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	COMPULSION CAN BE EXTENDED
27/09/1999	THE GUARDIAN	THE TIES THAT BIND US ARE NOT MONETARY
OCTOBER 1999	BBC ONLINE	THE WELFARE STATE: NEVER ENDING REFORM
OCTOBER 1999	READER’S DIGEST	WELFARE REFORM: NEW LABOUR HAS LOST IT’S NERVE
15/10/1999	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: CHANCELLOR COULD START PENSIONS STRATEGY AFRESH WITH A DECENT RISE FOR THE OVER 80s
25/10/1999	HOUSE MAGAZINE	GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM DIFFERENT STRATEGY
OCTOBER 1999	ST GABRIEL’S TRUST	WELFARE REFORM AND T.S. ELIOT’S VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
27/10/1999	BIRKENHEAD NEWS	OBSERVATORY IS FACING CLOSURE
01/11/1999	PENSIONS WEEK	A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
02/11/1999	DAILY TELEGRAPH	PATTEN, AND TERRORISTS AS POLICEMAN
05/11/1999	THE INDEPENDENT	BOOK REVIEW: A RADICAL CHURCHMAN WITH A RELEVANT MESSAGE
26/11/1999	CHURCH TIMES	BOOK REVIEW OF THE AERODROME
28/11/1999	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	YOU CAN HELP US TO CLOUT THE LAYABOUTS LIKE LES BATTERSBY
30/11/1999	EMPLOYMENT POLICY INSTITUTE	MAKING BENEFITS WORK
06/12/1999	THE TIMES	MEASURES TO TACKLE BENEFIT FRAUD
ADVENT 1999	LONDON LINK	IT IS JUST NOT CHRISTIAN
DECEMBER 1999	THE MONTH	ALTRUISM, SELF-INTEREST AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WELFARE
16/01/1999	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	ARE WE ALL BONKERS TO PREFER STICKING WITH THE POUND?
23/01/2000	SUNDAY MAIL	WHY ARE WE SO SOFT ON SPONGERS?
25/01/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: ALTERNATIVE FUNDING TREATMENTS FOR THE NHS
JANUARY/MARCH 2000	WORLD ECONOMICS	ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF UK PENSION REFORM
18/02/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: NEW DEAL STAGE TWO MUST LOOK BEYOND PROVIDING MINI JOBS
26/02/2000	THE INDEPENDENT	LETTER: EUROPE AND THE EURO
06/03/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	WHY STAKEHOLDER MUST CHANGE
SPRING-SUMMER 2000	FAMILY MATTERS (AIFS) ISSUE NO.54	WELFARE DEPENDENCY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
09/03/2000	THE DAILY TELEGRAPH	LETTER: POSTPONE CHANGES IN THE RUC
13/03/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: CHANCELLOR’S BLITZ ON BENEFIT FRAUD
17/03/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	HOW TO ERASE JOBLESS BLACKSPOTS
19/03/2000	THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY	THE BUDGET MUST APPEAL TO LABOUR’S TRADITIONAL VOTERS
23/03/2000	THE INDEPENDENT	BOOK REVIEW OF BLOWING THE WHISTLE
03/04/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	SERPS SCANDAL IGNITES A SLOW BURNING ROW
09/04/2000	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	SAVE THE NHS…LET PATIENTS GO TO INDIA FOR THEIR OPS
12/04/2000	WESTERN DAILY PRESS	WHY WE MUST LOOK TO THE LONG-TERM
23/04/2000	THE SUNDAY TIMES	TREATMENT IS FAR QUICKER ABROAD – SO LET’S GO THERE
01/05/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN WIN THE GENERATION GAME
12/05/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: REWARDING HARD WORKERS WHILE TARGETTING THE POOR
12/05/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: PENSIONERS’ NEEDS
13/05/2000	THE SPECTATOR	HAGUE IS WINNING LABOUR VOTES
14/05/2000	THE SUNDAY TIMES	LABOUR HAS LET THE WELFARE CHEATS OFF THE HOOK
MAY 2000	THIS CARING BUSINESS	NHS INTERNATIONAL
17/05/2000	THE INDEPENDENT	BOOK REVIEW OF BRITISH CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 1580 – 1800
26/05/2000	THE GUARDIAN	PAY OFF THE OLDEST ONES
28/05/2000	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	DOME TRUTHS ON THE BEST AND WORST OF BLAIR
JUNE 2000	SMF REVIEW	A STATE OF DEPENDENCY
03/07/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	MIG AND MISUNDERSTANDING
JULY 2000	CRUCIBLE	BOOK REVIEW: CHURCH, STATE AND PROPAGANDA
14/07/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: PRESSING AHEAD WITH THE NEW DEAL
21/07/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: WEAPONS IN FIGHTING BENEFIT FRAUD
27/07/2000	FINANCIAL ADVISER	A PLAN FRAUGHT WITH DANGER
03/08/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	A GUARANTEE TO END PENSIONER POVERTY
07/08/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	A HOME FOR FIT FOR ORPHAN FUNDS
11/09/2000	THE GUARDIAN	LETTER: JOBS BOOST
15/09/2000	PENSIONS WEEK	PENSIONS AND THE EURO QUESTION
SEPTEMBER 2000	LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE GUIDE	BOOK REVIEW: GOD’S POLITICIANS
15/09/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: LABOUR’S PLATITUDES ON PENSIONS
24/09/2000	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	YOU NEED TO SHOW PEOPLE YOU ARE LISTENING…AND ACT
25/09/2000	NEW STATESMAN	HOW TO WIN OVER THE PENSIONERS
28/09/2000	FINANCIAL ADVISER	GOVERNMENT’S PENSION STRATEGY SPARKS OUTRAGE
29/09/2000	THE TIMES	FORGET ABOUT OLD AGE: SPEND, SPEND, SPEND
07/10/2000	THE TABLET	BOOK REVIEW: AN ACCIDENTAL MP
07/10/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: LOTTERY COMISSION CULPABLE TOO
11/10/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: EMPLOYMENT: CARROT AND STICKS NEED BACK UP
19/10/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: EUROPEAN PENSIONS PROBLEMATIC
26/10/2000	FINANCIAL ADVISER	PENSIONS POLICY IS HEADING FOR PITFALL
29/10/2000	THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH	BOOK REVIEW: THE UNCONVENTIONAL MINISTER
OCTOBER 2000	CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST	THE UNSUNG CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS
14/11/2000	FINANCIAL ADVISER	LABOUR BENCHES ERUPT AS PLANNED
28/11/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: WEST LOTHIAN GIANT WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY
08/12/2000	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: WHAT HARMS SOCIETY IS HOW MEANS TESTS SHAPE BEHAVIOUR
13/12/2000	THE TIMES	LETTER: MISSING DEBATE ON ENGLISH QUESTION
17/12/2000	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	WIPE OUT BENEFIT CHEATS TO GET THUGS OFF OUR STREETS
04/01/2001	THE GUARDIAN	LETTER: REFORM BILL
JANUARY/MARCH 2001	CRUCIBLE	BOOK REVIEW: THE RETREAT OF THE STATE
25/01/2001	FINANCIAL ADVISER	TURF WARS ARE BAD FOR POLICY
27/02/2001	THE SPECTATOR	TIME TO SACK NANNY
JANUARY 2001	‘NO’ NEWSLETTER	COME TOGETHER
05/02/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	STATING THE OBVIOUS
01/03/2001	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: UNWISE TO MAKE STAKEHOLDER PENSIONS COMPULSORY
05/03/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	CULTIVATING KNOWLEDGE
09/03/2001	THE TIMES	LETTER: CORROSIVE EFFECT OF MEANS-TEST POLICY
20/03/2001	FINANCIAL TIMES	RE-EDUCATING THE HEALTH SERVICE
26/03/2001	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	CAN WE REALLY HAVE AN ELECTION? YES
APRIL 2001	IEA	MARKETS AND THE PROVISION OF A MINIMUM INCOME IN RETIREMENT
09/04/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	THE EQUALISER
12/04/2001	LIVERPOOL ECHO	WHY IT’S CRUCIAL WE BACK LAIRDS
22/04/2001	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	VICTIMS DIVIDED BY OUR WARPED RACE INDUSTRY
SPRING 2001	THE INDEPENDENT ADVISER	PENSIONS IN THE STAKEHOLDER AGE
MAY 2001	NEW EUROPE FUTURE OF EUROPE SEMINAR	CHOICES FOR A NEW EUROPE
07/05/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	REPAIRING THE FAULTLINE
27/06/2001	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: TAPPING HEALTHCARE RESOURCES ABROAD
25/06/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	STATE STAKES OUT NEW PENSIONS GROUND
30/06/2001	THE TIMES	LETTER: PRIVATE SECTOR’S ROLE IN THE NHS
13/07/2001	THE INDEPENDENT	THE NHS IS OUR LAST NATIONALISED INDUSTRY. WE SHOULD SET IT FREE
AUGUST 2001	PENSIONS MANAGEMENT	PENSIONER POVERTY – NO SHORT TERM FIXES
06/08/2001	THE TIMES	LETTER: REAL VALUE OF OLD CHURCH BUILDINGS
07/08/2001	THE GUARDIAN	HOW TO BEAT THE NEW SLUM LANDLORDS
13/08/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	WHERE THERE IS A WILL
14/08/2001	THE TIMES	LETTER: INEFFECTIVE POLICIES ON PROVISION OF NATION’S PENSIONS
15/08/2001	THE INDEPENDENT	LETTER: TENANCY REFORM
16/08/2001	THE TIMES	NHS PATIENTS SHOULD VOTE WITH THEIR FEET TO ESCAPE THE WAITING-LIST CURSE
17/08/2001	GUARDIAN UNLIMITED	WHY MR BLAIR SHOULD RETHINK HIS PENSION
02/09/2001	THE SUNDAY TIMES	WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW
04/10/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
25/10/2001	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: NEXT STAGE OF NEW DEAL
03/11/2001	THE DAILY TELEGRAPH	BLAIR MUST SEND IN OUR GROUND TROOPS BEFORE WINTER SETS IN
05/11/2001	PENSIONS WEEK	PUBLIC SECTOR BONDS
22/11/2001	THE TIMES	PARLIAMENT MUST CHERISH ITS POWERS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF THE NATION
24/11/2001	THE SPECTATOR	BLIND EYE TO FRAUD
12/2001	WIRRAL GLOBE WEBSITE	ARTICLE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS MASTS
24/12/2001	BBC NEWS ONLINE	EURO VIEW: FRANK FIELD
10/01/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	AVOIDING THE ISSUE
15/01/2002	THE DAILY TELEGRAPH	THE NHS NEEDS MORE MONEY, BUT IT NEEDS NEW IDEAS TOO
23/01/2002	THE INDEPENDENT	AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE NATION
11/02/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	AN AGE OLD PROBLEM
18/02/2002	THE TIMES	LETTER: PRESENT PLANS FOR PENSION REFORMS
18/02/2002	FINANCIAL TIMES	AN UNCOMFORTABLE RETIREMENT
21/02/2002	THE TIMES	A GOVERNMENT THAT SENTENCES PENSIONERS TO PENURY WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN
25/02/2002	SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY VOLUME 49, FEBRUARY 2002	MAKING WELFARE WORK: POLITICS OF REFORM
01/03/2002	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: £5bn GAIN WILL PALE AGAINST FUTURE BILLS
02/03/2002	THE SPECTATOR	THE GREAT LABOUR TAX CON
04/03/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	BENEFIT OF DOUBT
05/03/2002	THE SUN	THIS SHOCKER IS NO DIFFERENT TO A HUGE CUT IN PAY
MARCH 2002	PENSIONS MANAGEMENT	THE HIGH COST OF MEANS-TESTED MIG
MARCH 2002	BRITISH ACADEMY: THE ROLE OF BRITAIN IN THE EUROPE OF THE 21^ST CENTURY	POLITICAL CULTURE: RENEGOTIATING THE POST-WAR SOCIAL CONTRACT
24/03/2002	CENTRE FOR REFORM	THE SEVEN AGES OF LIFE
08/04/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	A BRAVE NEW PENSIONS WORLD
15/04/2002	THE HERALD	DOSE OF LATERAL THINKING CAN CURE ILLS OF THE NHS
05/05/2002	THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH	FIRST TAKE THEIR BENEFITS, THEN TAKE THEIR CHILDREN
06/05/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	SIGN ME UP FOR REFORM
13/05/2002	THE SUNDAY PEOPLE	STOP GIVING BENEFITS TO NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL & WE’LL WIN THE WAR ON STREET YOBS
03/06/2002	THE TIMES	DARLING HAD TO MOVE OVER BEFORE THE DISASTER
03/06/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	RETHINKING STRATEGIES
11/06/2002	THE DAILY TELEGRAPH	GORDON BROWN’S INVENTION: A FORM OF PERMANENT SERFDOM
16/06/2002	THE SUNDAY TIMES	HOW TO TAME THE BARBARIANS
19/06/2002	THE TIMES	LETTER: PUNISHMENT OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
JULY 2002	PENSIONS MANAGEMENT	PENSIONS FOR THE POOR
8/07/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
15/07/2002	THE SUN	ARGUMENT AGAINST MOBILE PHONE MASTS
26/07/2002	THE GUARDIAN	OBITUARY: HARRIETT WILSON
05/08/2002	FINANCIAL TIMES	THE WAY FORWARD FOR PENSION PROVISION
05/08/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	THE ROAD TO COMPULSION
SEPTEMBER 2002	PENSIONS WORLD	FINDING THE FUNDS
09/09/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	MAKING A CONTRIBUTION
15/09/2002	THE SUNDAY TIMES	SHOULD PENSIONS BE MADE COMPULSORY? YES
30/09/2002	HOUSE MAGAZINE	PROVIDING THE INCENTIVE TO SAVE
14/10/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	A REGULAR WIND-UP
AUTUMN 2002	REFORM	FREE THE PATIENT
11/11/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	ASK THE PEOPLE
25/11/2002	BBC ONLINE	BRITAIN ‘LIVING IN A FOOL’S PARADISE’
09/12/2002	PENSIONS WEEK	TIME TO ACT ON WIND-UPS
11/12/2002	THE TIMES	PENSIONS CRY OUT FOR SURGERY, NOT A STICKING PLASTER
17/12/2002	FINANCIAL TIMES	LETTER: ISOLATED STANCE ON PENSIONS
JAN/FEB 2003	ROOF	SHOULD HOUSING BENEFIT BE DOCKED FROM ANTI-SOCIAL TENANTS? YES
13/01/2003	PENSIONS WEEK	READ BETWEEN THE LINES
31/01/2003	BBC ONLINE	LABOUR’S PENSIONS COMPLACENCY
17/02/2003	PENSIONS WEEK	WE’LL AGREE TO DISAGREE
19/02/2003	THE HERALD	THE MORAL BALL IS RIGHT BACK IN SADDAM’S COURT
JAN-MARCH 2003	CRUCIBLE	FATHER AND SON: THE ABILITIES OF FREDERICK AND WILLIAM TEMPLE
08/03/2003	TELEGRAPH	WILL PENSIONS BE LABOUR’S POLL TAX?

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