
Lack of access will hit disabled fans’ enjoyment of Paralympics
The Paralympic Games start in just over two years’ time. However, many London Tube stations are still not accessible to wheelchair users.

The Paralympic Games start in just over two years’ time. However, many London Tube stations are still not accessible to wheelchair users.

Ed Miliband again side-stepped the question of why he hadn’t been more vocal in his opposition to unpopular Labour policies in an interview with Yoosk.com.

George Osborne’s definition of “intergenerational fairness” has been questioned by leading economists. They say, “risk should be shared out across generations”.

The Labour leadership primary in Edinburgh East was cast into doubt this evening when it became clear that only 300 people had voted in a contest which used the wrong rules.

The latest quarterly survey of business confidence from the ICAEW shows business confidence down for the first time since the first quarter of 2009 – the middle of the recession.

Under the Coalition’s new Home Bonus Scheme it has been found that London and the North West would lose £125m and £65m respectively, whilst the South East would gain £108m and the Eastern region £71m.

Ed Miliband wants the Liberal Democrats “extinct”. Since only 1-in-10 target seats are held by the Lib Dems, Labour must instead fight the Tories.

Ed Balls has announced the support of two new MPs. Left Foot Forward’s model now projects that he will come third.

Ben Brandzel, international online organiser who builds progressive grassroots power and currently runs campaigns for President Obama’s politcal arm, on how progressives can use online organising to create real change, and why they should.

More on the DfID leak story, as it emerged last night that Oxfam, Christian Aid and Save the Children sent a joint letter of protest to international development secretary Andrew Mitchell on the leaked cuts.