The NHS, Ozzy Osbourne and universal welfare reform
When rejecting universal welfare reforms, we need to consider the impact on solidarity between citizens, writes the Fabian Society’s James Gregory.
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Boris fighting London’s corner on housing benefit cuts? Really?!
Jenny Jones AM, leader of the Green Party on the London Assembly, exposes the reality of Boris Johnson’s claim to be a champion of those hit by Housing Benefit cuts.
Climate sceptic Tory MEPs will send us sleepwalking towards disaster
David Cameron’s pledge to spur the EU into taking tougher climate action was dealt a massive blow today when Tory MEPs helped kill off emissions cut proposals.
Though cost is important, we need to focus on the quality of social care
Whilst questions of finance have dominated recent debates it is important that we also focus on the quality of care, writes Laura Bradley, a researcher at IPPR.
World should have acted faster to tackle East Africa food crisis
Richard Miller, Executive Director of anti-poverty charity ActionAid, on how the international community could have done more to forsee the Horn of Africa emergency.
A ‘protect the NHS’ clause needs to be introduced into Lansley’s bill
Cllr Joseph McManners, a GP in Oxford, looks at where-now for competition and the market in the NHS reforms; the views expressed are his own.
Labour should break from the consensus and call for Greece to default
Labour needs to have an independent voice on Greece; the party’s internationalism puts it on the side of the Greek people, writes Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Pickles letter to Cameron reveals inconvenient truth on benefits cap
The leaked Eric Pickles letter to David Cameron reveals what we already know: poor families will be forced out of London and the South East by the benefits cap.
The untold story of the AV referendum campaign
Successfully building the largest grassroots democratic movement in recent history is the untold story of the AV referendum campaign, writes Katie Ghose.
DWP faces legal challenge over welfare cuts
The Disability Alliance is taking legal action against the government’s disability reforms, arguing that they disproportionately affect disabled people and their families.