I Have Very Real Concerns About The

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.

But Clearly At The Same Time You've Got To Get Out There And Connect With Voters And Actually Respond To The Needs, The Frustrations, Whatever Problems Their Now Saying Are Not Being Adequately Solved.

I Have Very Real Concerns About The Civil Liberties Implications Of Ultimately Requiring Every Resident To Submit Themselves For Compulsory Fingerprinting Or Some Other Biometric Test.

And It Seems To Me In That Experience May Lie At Least Some Of The Clues For Policy Development Perhaps Constitutional Changes As Well That Labour Will Need To Make At The National Level Too.