Is this the least ‘family friendly’ government ever?
Tim Horton and Howard Reed analyse the effect the budget will have on families, looking at whether this is the least ‘family friendly’ government ever.
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Red and wrong: Labour No to AV’s dubious claims
Dr Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck, takes apart the arguments against AV used by some in the Labour party.
Why we need to March for the Alternative
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber explains why the March for the Alternative has come just in time.
An economics lesson for the growth deniers
Ken Livingstone, Labour candidate for London Mayor 2012, rebuts the right wing rhetoric about the deficit, and explains the importance of the March for the Alternative.
Whatever happened to “compassionate Conservatism”?
Rachael Maskell, national officer for the health and voluntary sectors at Unite the Union, reports on the human impact of the Tory-led government’s massive cuts.
At home and abroad, the right have no plan for growth
Wayne David MP, shadow Europe minister, and Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s leader in the European Parliament, on how the right, across Europe, have no plan for growth.
Budget 2011: Distributional analysis of coalition’s major tax changes
In the wake of yesterday’s Budget, Tim Horton and Howard Reed present an updated distributional analysis of the effects of the coalition’s major direct and indirect tax changes.
Budget 2011: Planning changes: A hidden job killer?
Ed Turner, lecturer in politics at the Aston Centre for Europe, and deputy leader of Oxford City Council, looks at the impact of the changes to planning announced in yesterday’s budget.
Train journeys from Hell: What is to be done?
Alexandra Woodsworth is a public transport campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport, and runs the Fair Fares Now campaign Monday night’s Dispatches programme painted a pretty grim picture of the plight of train passengers in the UK. Overcrowded carriages,test
Health and Safety cuts: Criminal businesses let off the leash
Steve Tombs, Professor of Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, and David Whyte, Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, on the false justifications for Cameron’s Health and Safety cuts.