Tackling the scourge of child poverty in Wales
Huw Lewis AM, deputy minister for children in the Welsh Assembly government, on Cardiff’s strategy for tackling the scourge of child poverty.
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Making the rehabilitation revolution a reality
The Howard League for Penal Reform outline the evidence they gave to the Justice Affairs Select Committee, which they have been allowed to publish today.
Kenya’s fight against childhood mortality
Jim Dobbin MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Global Action Against Childhood Pneumonia, writes about his visit to Kenya to attend the global roll-out of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
New Migration Watch report misses opportunity for balanced debate on migration
As we anticipate the next round of quarterly immigration figures from the Office of National Statistics this Thursday, a new Migration Watch UK report has been released amid a wave of media hyperbole.
It’s fairer up North but inequality is rising across the board
New research by ippr north shows that the gap between the rich and poor is narrower in the North than in the UK on average, but the gap is growing across the board.
Labour must speak not only for organised labour
As predictable headlines follow Ed Miliband committing to speak at the TUC rally on March 26th, Rob Marchant takes a more detached look at how the relationships between Party, movement and workplace demographics interact.
Irish election: What’s on offer from the main parties
Rory Geraghty looks ahead to the Irish elections this Thursday, explaining how Fine Gael are proposing a much harsher medicine than has already been experienced under Fianna Fail.
Egypt: A vindication for liberal interventionism?
Liberal Democrat blogger Daniel Furr looks at whether the Blair/Bush doctrine of liberal interventionism has been vindicated by the revolutions sweeping the Middle East.
Getting by on benefits is no easy ride
David Cameron is keen to portray claiming benefits as a lifestyle choice – but there is now a long list of objective research, that reveals life on benefits is no easy ride.
How many people does it take to change a government’s mind?
Some people say signing petitions and emailing MPs never changes anything – but it did this time, with the government’s u-turn on the forests sell off, writes Johnny Chatterton.