Spelman’s DEFRA big top is spinning out of control
Even by DEFRA’s standards, (not) banning circus animals has been a farce, writes shadow environment minister Gavin Shuker.
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Cameron can’t build the Big Society on mass unemployment
The massed ranks of unemployed people will not provide the country with an army of Big Society volunteers. Instead, if things continue as they are, they will become increasingly isolated, both from the world of work and from their communities.
The McNulty review: The devil’s in the detail
McNulty report in danger of being an exercise in finding ways to price people off peak-time trains, dressed up as simplification.
Looking at those immigration stats beyond the hysteria
Migrants Rights Networks’ Ruth Grove-White reports on what the latest immigration stats do and don’t tell us about the diversity of Britain.
McNulty: Problems of rail fragmentation demand more fragmentation
ASLEF’s James McGowan reports on the failings of the McNulty report on the high cost of British rail costs.
Health bill will be gutted, say Lib Dem left
Key Liberal Democrat activists Dr Prateek Buch and Dr Evan Harris report on Liberal Democrat opposition to Andrew Lansley’s marketisation of the NHS.
Progress Annual Conference 2011: Winning Back Britain
Progress invites you to its annual conference, where a range of speakers will discuss the state of the Labour party, policies and the political challenges ahead.
The Queen in Dublin: An eyewitness account of history
Hazel Nolan reports from Dublin with an eyewitness account on Day Two of the Queen’s historic visit to the Republic of Ireland.
New concerns over special educational needs policy
Laurence Turner reports on the latest government attempts to reform special educational needs provision and the dangers and difficulties to be overcome.
Egypt needs a second grassroots resurgence
The Egyptian people must overturn another overbearing force that has marginalised them for generations: top-down government control of budgets and development.