As Lords debates DLA reforms, charities call for pause to welfare reform bill
Ahead of today’s Lords debate on DLA reforms, the Papworth Trust is leading a coalition of charities in calling for a pause to the welfare reform bill.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
What was hiding behind the boat: Information commissioner is investigating Gove
Lisa Nandy writes about Michael Gove and his dodging the question over whether he’s working with the freedom of information act
Memo to Osborne: Jobs and growth will cut the deficit. Please listen
Cormac Hollingworth explains to George Osborne how rising unemployment and recession are increasing the deficit, and how jobs and growth will cut it. Simples.
US 2012: Huntsman cedes the centre to Romney
Alex Hern reports on Hunstman bailing out of the race for the Republican nomination in the USA
Women, politics and the crisis: We cannot ignore gender in politics
Vera Baird QC presents the state of politics for women today.
Eighteen months late, coalition finally announces its plan for British film
Alex Hern looks at the government’s new film policy, and asks if they know how to deal with the arts.
Boris’s retreat from accountability over the Met should worry us all
Boris Johnson’s retreat from accountability is something we should all be worried about, writes Labour London Assembly Memeber Joanne McCartney.
The principles of British fairness, the rule of law and Magna Carta are at stake
Jonny Mulligan runs through the reasons to not trust the government about LASPO, the bill which harms British justice more than anything in the last 800 years.
Michael Gove calls for £60m distraction
Alex Hern asks what Michael Gove was thinking when he suggested spending £60m on a yacht for the queen.
What Labour needs to say about debt
George Irvin argues that Labour shouldn’t have bought in to the narrative about debt, and presents the true economic position.