“But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for ...” — Patricia Hewitt Quote

“But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.”

“And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties.”

“A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.”

“It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of 'Is this good for a child?' And that should be the driving focus and the priority when we decide what our policies should be and what our laws should be.”

“I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.”

“I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies.”