SNP EU membership row: Barroso could shun talks with Sturgeon
EC president Jose Manuel Barroso could shun talks with SNP deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon as the row over Scotland’s future EU membership intensifies.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Unemployment down 82,000 to 2.51 million
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Trump and Fox attack Islam again – this time over NYC’s ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Donald Trump has once again proven his ignorance and reactionary xenophobia by beating the anti-Islamic drum.
Changes at Left Foot Forward
There are changes ahead at Left Foot Forward – after three-and-a-half years, the last two as Editor, Shamik Das is leaving LFF to pursue new challenges.
Chart: Census data highlights, once again, gender bias in jobs market
The latest Census 2011 data shows, once more, the very clear gender bias in employment – in the types of work men and women have and the number of hours worked.
Census sensationalism: Latest population data cues more media panic about immigration
Jill Rutter reports on the latest release of Census 2011 data – and the latest media panic about immigration.
“Time to stop this utter madness; the more it continues, the worse it will be”
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest from Northern Ireland, with yet more disturbances over the Belfast flag dispute.
Beveridge, the Royal baby and Osborne’s sickening ‘scrounger’ rhetoric
George Osborne’s proposals to make real term cuts to welfare and the impending arrival of a new Royal baby – two things that are inextricably linked.
Watch: EC President Barroso on Scotland: A new state “has to apply for membership”
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today reiterated the position that an independent Scotland would have to reaplly for membership of the EU.
Osborne’s latest manufacturing, workers’ rights and productivity fail
The UK’s manufacturing sector took another big hit last week when official data showed manufacturing had performed much worse than predicted.