2012
Syria: Assad’s forces “using rape as a weapon”
The savagery of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to worsen with each passing day, reports Shamik Das.
Osborne’s inevitable pasty tax U-turn set to cost Treasury £35 million
Pasty makers celebrate today following chancellor George Osborne’s pasty tax U-turn - but how will he make up the £35 million lost?
UK success on child poverty threatened by austerity programme
A UNICEF report today shows the UK was successful in protecting children from poverty at the start of the financial crisis, but has slipped back under austerity.
In austere times, German trade union achieves above-inflation pay rise for workers
Germany’s giant IG Metall union has secured an inflation-busting pay increase of 4.3% for engineers and metal workers.
More than 70% of public want Osborne to U-turn on cuts and adopt a Plan B
George Osborne may have performed reverses on the “pasty tax” and “caravan tax” last night, but it’s on austerity the public really wants a U-turn.
Plan B: “Class war is perpetuated in the media, and we all fall into the trap”
Nearly a year after the riots, Plan B’s directorial debut is a stark depiction of the lives of Britain’s underclass and a clarion call to a society in denial.