2012
What’s right for Aberdeen isn’t for York; unemployment needs city-specific solutions
Paul Swinney of Centre for Cities presents the evidence to demonstrate why potential solutions to the unemployment problem must be focused at a city-wide level.
Exposed: The six myths of IDS’s benefits cap
This morning, the Child Poverty Action Group have exposed the six myths of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s regressive reforms; here they are.
Hughes makes the case for an English Parliament as Salmond faces fresh scrutiny
Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes has called for England to have its own Parliament, while Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has come under fresh scrutiny.
The World Outside Westminster – Oh, Carolina
Tom Rouse rounds up the week’s news from around the world, including the SOPA blackouts, the Costa Concordia tragedy, and the latest from the Republican race.
The new politics of protest
Matthew Sowemimo argues that Labour needs movements like Occupy and UKUncut to help galvanise disenfranchised populations.
The environment trumps the debate between a tunnel or a bridge
Darren Johnson details the problems with Boris Johnson's new plan to build a £700 million tunnel