Eric Pickles uses council tax map to lead us astray
Katie Schmuecker takes apart communities secretary Eric Pickles’s attempt to muddy the water over the fairness of regional council tax rates.
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Election 2011: Labour’s vision for a progressive, socially just Wales
Welsh Labour’s John Griffiths outlines Labour’s policies and principles for the coming Welsh assembly elections.
ActionAid: UK biofuels targets do more harm than good
We risk reversing progress on global hunger and climate change if we don’t change current biofuels targets in the UK reports ActionAid UK’s Jonathan Tench.
Election 2011: SDLP outline vision for uniting people and building prosperity
Dr. Alasdair McDonnell MP outlines the SDLP’s vision for the future of Northern Ireland.
Progressives should rally around coalition’s better instincts on prison reform
Sophie Willett, of The Howard League for Penal Reform, reports on public attitudes to crime and punishment and the need for more evidenced based policies to reduce crime.
Election 2011: Plaid Cymru outline vision for Wales
Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru candidate in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and the party’s Director of Policy, sets out Plaid’s vision for Wales as the launch their 2011 Assembly elections manifesto.
We’ve had the march, but what’s the alternative?
A cohesive civil society alternative to the coalition’s cuts programme is required now more than ever after the mass demonstration on March 26th, according to the New Political Economy Network.
Government bill threatens universal postal service
Shadow minister for communities and local government Jack Dromey MP writes about the threat to the universal postal service posed by the government’s postal bill.
Getting to the roots of far right xenophobia
Dr Matthew Goodwin, lecturer at the University of Nottingham, provides analysis on the roots of modern far right ideology and its sympathisers.
Government ploughs on regardless with cuts to disability support
Councillor Neil Coyle, director of policy for the Disability Alliance, reports on the government’s refusal to act on public concerns over disability allowance reforms.