2012
Is Clegg’s tax threshold plan the best way to reduce income inequality?
Nick Clegg’s tax threshold plans go half way to addressing the problem of working poverty, but it goes no way towards addressing the cause.
European Socialists present their action plan on youth unemployment
Alex Hern highlights the European Socialists' demands for a pan-European measure to deal with youth unemployment, which costs €16 billion to the UK each year.
Elected Mayors: Let the referendum campaigns begin
The government announced yesterday that residents from Bristol to Newcastle, along with nine other English cities, will go to the polls on May 3rd.
Liddle’s latest outrage shouldn’t surprise us
Alex Hern reminds everyone that Rod Liddle's never been the nicest journalist on the block - and that his latest outrageous comments are just par for the course
Busting the means testing myth
Andrew Harrop presents the evidence against increasing means-testing - universalism is the key to ensuring a well-funded welfare state.
Progressives need a positive vision for Scotland
Following Alex Salmond’s outlining of the plans for the referendum on Scottish independence, Ed Jacobs stresses the need for a positive vision of the future.