"The future labour market needs not content experts or information processors," says Gleason, "but creators, analysers, problem solvers, collaborators and lifelong learners who are able to acquire new skills as old ones quickly become obsolete.
Bureaucrats are poor at guessing future labour-market needs.
Future of Labour: Need to reconnect with principles of fairness and grassroots - party has been too controlling and cautious, should consult members on daily basis, reduce influence of "elites" at top of party, reduce membership fees, more involvement for members and supporters, more use of technology to promote instant debate.
Hunt's keynote speech stressed that a future Labour government would need to take tough choices to tackle growing concentrations of wealth, adding: "Inequality impoverishes us all".
Ed Miliband has vowed that a future Labour government will "balance the books", insisting that the UK needs a "long term plan to make the country work for working people".
(Due to sample size restrictions we could not investigate separate groups but need to use this more global measure to address scarring concerning the future labour market attachment of the young).
Some shadow ministers believe Labour needs to embrace a contributory principle, under which people would put aside money to fund future social care.
"But that's why Labour needs to be bigger in our appeal, bolder in our ambitions and brighter about the future.
But to ensure that a future Labour leader still enjoys the confidence of a significant section of the Parliamentary Labour Party, candidates for the leadership will need to win nominations from about 25 per cent of Labour MPs – double the current 12.5 per cent threshold.
Labour needs a Lord Ashcroft.
Labour needs to broaden its base.
