2012
Osborne tries to bury charity tax U-turn – the fifth flip-flop this week
George Osborne was forced into another humiliating U-turn today - this time on the charity tax, the fifth government reverse this week.
Now is the time for a new Tax Justice Consensus
Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK proposes a new Tax Justice Consensus to replaced the predominant ideas of the Washington Consensus.
Child poverty: Absolute and relative
A new campaign is raising awareness of the social impact of inequality - and you can help.
Now the EC warns Osborne: Deficit “projected to fall more slowly” due to weak growth
The European Commission today became the latest international body to issue a warning on the state of the UK economy, reports Shamik Das.
Universities tell Cameron: Please don’t crack down on international students
Seventy university heads have sent a letter to the prime minister asking him not to unfairly target international students to lower immigration levels.
Police Commissioners: Less machismo, more safeguarding vital services
By promising to ringfence funding for vital local services, Labour can challenge forthcoming PCC elections’ narrow-minded, macho obsession with policing.