Cameron sending out mixed messages on family policy
David Cameron’s speech last week seemed in part to signify a welcome shift away from a focus on marriage alone, reports Kate Bell, formerly of Gingerbread.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Time to muzzle the legal loan sharks
Lisa Nandy MP talks about the problems caused by the extortionate rate of legal loan sharks and discusses the End Legal Loan Sharks campaign.
PI No. 8: Self-improvement for people who read newspapers (and blogs…)
In the latest Political Innovation essay, Miljenko Williams of the blog 21st Century Fix looks at what politics can learn from the likes of Last.fm
Who’d have thought it – ‘real’ welfare is working
Is Britain really broken? New findings suggest that the growth of so called ‘welfare dependency’ may be massively overstated, reports Daisy Blacklock.
Look Left – Fees trebled as Clegg, Cable and co. break pledge
The week: The Lib Dems’ final betrayal over tuition fees, led into the abyss by Nick Clegg and Vince Cable, the prison reform plans, the Cancun summit and more.
Brown calls on G20 for global jobs action
Gordon Brown has teamed up with the Avaaz global advocacy organisation to push for action from the G20 on global jobs, reports Chris Tarquini.
What’s become of the fair fuel stabiliser?
Looking at petrol pricing, Eleanor Besley asks what has happened to the Conservatives’ pre-election promise of a fair fuel stabiliser.
Final day in Cancun: The world looks to Japan
Joss Garman provides a round-up of the final day of talks in Cancun – highlighting the importance of Japan’s anti Kyoto stance.
IFS: Northern Ireland faces being hit hard by tax and benefit changes
Northern Ireland faces being hit harder by changes announced to the tax and benefit systems due to come into force between Jan 2011 and Apr 2014, the IFS says.
Evan Harris: “If you want to get rid of fees vote more Lib Dems into power”
Former Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris has made the extraordinary claim that to get rid of fees “the answer is to vote more liberal democrats into power”.