2012 - Page 77 of 179 - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate

After Rio+20, the world must choose between sustainability and growth (Part 1)

7 July, 2012

With the current consensus that the Rio+20 summit was a failure, is the era of global treaties at an end, and if so where do we go next?

Will the SFO banking investigation succeed under the strain of government budget cuts?

Katie Stanton

6 July, 2012

Could the contrast between Libor investigations at home and across the pond highlight injustice caused by budget cuts?

The Higgs boson aside, Britain is still failing its scientific community

Ben Phillips

6 July, 2012

The PM’s claims to have preserved Britain’s science budget are inadequate: we continue to underfund and neglect researchers, squandering our economic advantage.

Six EU countries support intervention in Syria – why isn’t the UK one of them?

6 July, 2012

Tory-led Britain continues to ‘sit on the fence’ when the war criminals of Syria should be sitting in the dock

Fins ain’t what they EUsed to be: Finland’s finance minister hints at a euro exit

Katie Stanton

6 July, 2012

Finland’s finance minister Jutta Urpilainen said the country would rather leave the single currency than pay the debts of other countries.

Army cuts inspire resentment and misgivings across the home nations

Ed Jacobs

6 July, 2012

The Scottish regiments have been spared in the latest round of defence cuts – but not everyone north of the border is happy.

Bloody Sunday murder probe in Northern Ireland was not unexpected

Kevin Meagher

6 July, 2012

The news that the Police Service of Northern Ireland is to begin a murder investigation into the “Bloody Sunday” killings is both dramatic and mundane.