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Yearly Archives: 2012

There’s no magic bullet to encourage integration

27 February, 2012

Nick Mickinski examines the government’s proposals to encourage integration of migrants.

What is the Murdoch test for shutting down a newspaper?

Alex Hern
27 February, 2012

Alex Hern looks at what the differences are between the NotW in 2011 and the Sun in 2012, and asks why Murdoch shut down one and not the other.

ECB bailing out British banks exposes coalition’s finance failure

Cormac Hollingsworth
27 February, 2012

Cormac Hollingsworth writes on the embarrassment for the chancellor that is the British banks RBS and Lloyds having to go to Europe for a bailout

Conservative NIMBYism is scaring away the investment in renewables

Kevin Meagher
27 February, 2012

Kevin Meagher reveals the damage being caused to UK industry by the Conservative NIMBYs who fight investment at every opportunity

Mandarins line up to attack health reforms

Ed Jacobs
27 February, 2012

Ed Jacobs presents two more additions to the ever-growing list of people who oppose the NHS reforms

QE3 should fund British SMEs, not the finance sector

27 February, 2012

David Merlin-Jones presents the case for a British investment bank, funded through the money ‘printed’ for quantitative easing; it will do far more good than simply buying gilts

The government’s got big plans for workfare – don’t expect them to back down easily

27 February, 2012

Izzy Koksal details the government’s overall plans for workfare, and shows that they have no intention of backing down without a fight.

Look Left – “A mess… unnecessary… setting the NHS back”: Another attack on the health bill

Shamik Das
26 February, 2012

Another day, another week, and another stinging rebuke over the health and social care bill – this time from a former Department of Health permanent secretary.

The World Outside Westminster: One less veteran on the frontline

Chris Tarquini
26 February, 2012

Chris Tarquini presents the news from the rest of the world this week.

The next credit crisis will hit consumers, not banks

Carl Packman
26 February, 2012

Packman looks at the findings that the boom before the bust was caused by growth in the consumer credit market, and asks what happens when it inevitably fails.

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