We mustn’t let piracy rule the development agenda on Somalia
Though piracy, security and terror topped the agenda at the conference on Somalia, we mustn’t let it’s less high-profile development needs slip under the radar.
Yearly Archives: 2012
The financial and personal cost of the legal aid cuts laid bare
Left Foot Forward looks at the legal aid cuts, and the costs to services, people and the taxpayer of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
The Treasury dodges the question on its new tax loophole for multinationals
Tax changes being brought forward in the Budget could result in tax losses of £4 billion a year for poor countries and £1 billion for the UK.
Even a means-tested care system will require significant investment
The failure to invest in our care services constitutes death by a thousand cuts to a vital public service and in the quality of care as private care homes are forced to cut their overheads and provide a punitive ‘no-frills’ budget.
Policing is political already – why should police commissioners hide their allegiance?
Given how political policing is, from questions of resource allocation to outsourcing, if any independent PCCs are elected to make such political decisions, we should know their political leanings.
Super Tuesday continues Republican death spiral towards November presidential elections
It is all but certain that the frontrunner Mitt Romney will be the eventual nominee, but the party’s voters simply haven’t warmed to him: Too elitist for working-class voters, too moderate for conservatives, too Mormon for evangelical protestants.
Osborne’s solution to unemployment? Make it easier to unemploy people
George Osborne reignited his war on working people last night by urging company bosses to lobby the government – ie. him – to make it easier to sack staff.
Cable: Coalition lacks “a compelling vision of where the country is heading”
Business secretary Vince Cable has accused the government of lacking “a compelling vision of where the country is heading beyond sorting out the fiscal mess”.
The damage to public health of Lansley’s bill shouldn’t be ignored
Until now, the extent of the potential damage to vital public health work of the health and social care bill has not received the attention it deserves.
Will Manchester say yes to an elected Mayor in May?
With referendums in ten of the biggest cities outside London in May, residents in Manchester will decide if they wish to have an elected mayor.