How the Tories became an endangered species in the North of England
IPPR North researcher Lewis Goodall reflects on the 2012 local election results in Northern England.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Making a # out of intelligence
Arguments between advocates of social media regulation and open rights campaigners lack adequate legal or ethical foundations, writes Demos’s Carl Miller.
Unless we win the economic argument we can’t deliver social justice
The lesson from Labour’s 1992 election defeat is that unless the party wins the economic argument it cannot deliver social justice, writes Meg Hillier MP.
Wales leads the world with plans to make councils provide routes for ‘active travel’
Sustrans Cymru’s Lee Waters writes about the Welsh government’s plans to place a legal duty on councils to provide a network of routes for ‘active travel’.
Vidal Sassoon, anti-Fascist hero, “harder than the painted nails of his clients”
Left Foot Forward pays tribute to Vidal Sassoon, stylist to the stars, who died aged 84 in Los Angeles yesterday.
“I saw a child struggling for breath in her father’s arms… She must not be joined by countless others”
Lord Boateng was in Ghana for World Immunisation Week; read an account of his visit.
Scottish Tory leader: Lib Dems have “ceased to function as a viable party in Scotland”
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has savaged her coalition partners, saying the Liberal Democrats have “ceased to function as a viable party in Scotland”.
Free speech campaigners hail “major milestone” for libel reform in Defamation Bill
The Libel Reform campaign has said it is “delighted” with the government’s plans to introduce a Defamation Bill, outlined in the Queen’s Speech today.
Cameron puts anti-worker ideology before evidence in Regulatory Reform Bill
Plans to make it easier to sack workers at will are not only wrong in principle but won’t actually reduce unemployment and kickstart the economy.
Cameron reneges on his “promise to the world’s poorest people”. Again
The government once again failed to introduce legislation committing the UK to spending 0.7 per cent of GNI on international development in the Queen’s Speech today.