May 2011
Balls: “Cutting too far and too fast creates a vicious circle”
Ed Balls has called the government's private sector job creation policy a "total flop" - with the £1 billion 'National Insurance holiday' announced by George Osborne in his inaugural budget last June creating just 6,000 jobs.
David Cairns: 1966-2011
David Cairns, Labour MP for Inverclyde, has passed away. He was only 44. He was a former VSO Parliamentarian volunteer in Kenya (2010); here is an eye-opening, heartbreaking, first-hand account of his time in Kenya.
The West must stand up for religious freedoms in Egypt
Ed Jacobs reports on the terrible trend of Christian persecution in post-revolutionary Egypt.
Syria: Footage from the frontline
Dominic Browne reports on the brave citizen-reporting from inside Syria which is brining the crimes of Assad's regime to the world's attention.
New poll shows public prefer Darling’s deficit reduction plan to Osborne’s
A new poll shows that the public remains sceptical of George Osborne's economic strategy. Alistair Darling's slower approach to deficit reduction is supported by 55% to 45%.
CSJ: 50,000 families will have the rug “pulled from under them”
The Centre for Social Justice attack the Tories on family breakdown. Dominic Browne looks at their concerns and why you can't trust the Tories on the family.