March 2011
Campaigners ignored as Murdoch gets go ahead
The BBC are reporting that Rupert Murdoch has been given the go ahead for News International's controversial takeover of BSkyB. The move is likely to inflame campaigners.
Is the London-centric media blogosphere stifling opportunity?
There is a fundamental problem at the heart of politics: inequality of opportunity, writes Sam Bacon, regions officer for the Young Fabians.
The idea £9k fees would be the exception was always a pipe-dream
As Exeter University, the first outside the Russell Group, declares its intention to charge the £9,000 top fee for its degree courses the government’s plans to change the higher education funding landscape continue to unravel at an amazing pace.
May’s talk of reform “a euphemism for cuts”
The Police Federation has warned that Theresa May's speech on reform of the police service today was "a euphemism for cuts", and that the home secretary "does not value us as much as she says she does".
MEPs should support proposals for an EU-level Financial Transaction Tax
Sarah King, TUC Brussels officer, on why MEPs should support proposals for a European Union-level Financial Transactions Tax when it's voted on in the European Parliament next week.
Shahbaz Bhatti assassination: Who will stand up to the extremists now?
There was widespread condemnation today of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan Minister for Minorities, gunned down in broad daylight in the capital Islamabad.