Salmond trumps Westminster (again)
Ed Jacobs explains how the Unionist parties have been out-strategised by Alex Salmond, who is making the case for a referendum on his terms ever-stronger.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Everyone concerned about welfare reform needs to step up to the mark
Declan Gaffney with the latest from the “Spartacus Report” into Responsible Reform of social security.
All signals are go for HS2
Alex Hern reports on transport secretary Justine Greening’s approval of HS2 High Speed Rail today.
Osborne’s slashing of legal aid: Another false economy
The government’s cuts in legal aid will cost the taxpayer more and simply shift the costs onto other government departments, writes Dr Graham Cookson.
Boris’s electric vehicle boasts are an inverted pyramid of piffle
Darren Johnson shows how consistently wrong the mayor’s claims about electric vehicles has been.
Big Society’s verdict on Cameron: Incoherent and unpromising
Alex Hern looks at the results of Third Sector’s poll of charities, and finds that they have little confidence in Cameron.
Manufacturing’s recovery ends before it starts
Tony Burke presents the bad news about UK manufacturing, and asks what the government is doing to improve the situation.
Disability minister ignorant on how legal aid cuts affecting disabled people
Alex Hern reveals the extent of disability minister Maria Miller’s ignorance over how her own government’s policy affects the disabled.
Cameron got it wrong on Scotland, and he probably knows it
Ed Jacobs covers the continuing fallout from Cameron’s mistaken sabre-rattling over the Scottish independence referendum.
Women turned away from refuge shelters told to sleep in Occupy camps
Vera Baird QC writes from the Commission on Women’s Safety, and reports that life is getting harder in coalition Britain for women in dangerous circumstances.