Anti-Traveller attitudes continue to go unchallenged in Britain
Conn Mac Gabhann details the shocking normalcy of anti-traveller rhetoric
Yearly Archives: 2012
Transport poverty is hitting the headlines – it’s time for fair thinking on fuel
Eleanor Besley argues that we can’t focus just on car drivers when it comes to transport policy – and that if we put all our effort on to fuel price, we risk subsidising the rich.
The final James Murdoch question: Was he incompetent or complicit at News International?
Not only has the extent of hacking and corrupt practices involving the police coming to light at NOTW , but the cover up. Was J. Murdoch incompetent or complicit?
Work experience is now voluntary, but the government still forces unpaid work
Alex Hern celebrates a minor victory over workfare, but warns that there is more to fight for in the future.
Migrants paid under £35k become “guest workers”, but it won’t help the government
Matt Cavanagh runs through the government’s plans to throw out workers who don’t earn enough fast enough – but it won’t work the way they want it to.
Wales faces 6,000 more children in poverty due to welfare cuts
Ed Jacobs details the full extent of the welfare cuts on Wales. They’re nasty.
Even if people prefer a 3rd runway to Boris Island, doesn’t mean they like either
Airport Watch presents the actual evidence around the expansion of airport capacity. It doesn’t bode well for airports.
It wos the Sun wot couldn’t do maths: Prioritising benefit frauds when tax fraud is 10x worse
Why on earth would the Sun focus on benefit fraud rather than tax avoidance, asks Alex Hern. Could it be because of the actions of their proprietor, one R. Murdoch Esq?
No, really, RBS and Lloyds are being bailed out by the EU
Cormac Hollingsworth replies to Open Europe, and demonstrates that RBS and Lloyds really are being bailed out.
Occupy have provoked the intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics
For four months, the protestors at St Paul’s have provoked the sort of intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics today, write Friends of the Earth.