Vote 2012: Voting is a duty, not a right
Voting is a duty, not a right, writes Richard Darlington, head of news at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Will the denizens of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield say ‘yay’ to an elected Mayor?
Amanda Ramsay heads to West Yorkshire to see if the residents of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield will vote for an elected Mayor in referendums today.
Will an elected Mayor help Nottingham hit the heights again?
Amanda Ramsay reports on the campaign for an elected Mayor for Nottingham, ahead of today’s referendum.
Will an elected Mayor give Sheffield the steel to deal with government and investors?
With an elected Mayor, will Sheffield bring more influence to bear when dealing with government and investors?
Vote 2012: How to vote in the London Assembly and Mayoral elections
Malcolm Clark presents a simple guide to voting in today’s London Assembly and Mayoral elections.
We need to make Mayoral politics more worthy of the name
Politicos who value local democracy should take some time to think about how mayoral politics can be made more worthy of the name, writes Ellie Cumbo.
Salmond to be dragged before Leveson as ‘Wee Eck’ refuses to say if he’s been hacked
It was reveled today that Alex Salmond will appear before the Leveson Inquiry as the first minister refused to tell MSPs if he’d been hacked, reports Shamik Das.
Bringing sack-happy Mayr-Melnhof Packaging to heel
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, writes about Liverpool workers’ fight for justice against sack-happy Mayr-Melnhof Packaging.
Wrong again: The Daily Mail claim wind farms change the weather
Reuben Balfour-Brown, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research, fact checks the latest Daily Mail dodgy science on wind farms changing the weather.
After more “wilful blindness”, it’s time to change corporate law
After another incidence of “wilful blindness” (in the case of Rupert Murdoch and phone hacking) it’s time to change corporate law, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.