Roger Partridge

Roger Partridge is chairman and a senior fellow of The New Zealand Initiative. He publishes on Substack at Plain Thinking.

30 Jun 2026

Labour

Roger Partridge

Labour can be a party of growth – but not like this

‘It is time for Whitehall to accept that growth cannot be ordered from the top down,’ Andy Burnham said in his first major speech since returning to Parliament. ‘Instead, it can only be nurtured from the bottom up.’ He is right. The man about to enter Downing Street has seen what much of his party […]

Burnham's prescription will make Britain sicker

03 Jun 2026

Ideas

Roger Partridge

Burnham’s prescription will make Britain sicker

Andy Burnham has one prescription, and he means to fill it, whatever the patient walks in with. The man with the broken arm, the woman with chest pains, the child with a fever: each leaves the surgery with the same pad of repeat scripts, which call for higher taxes on the rich, more generous benefits […]

Roger Partridge

Articles

Labour can be a party of growth – but not like this

Burnham’s prescription will make Britain sicker