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Big Society, Broken society?
Amid the controversy of charities and cuts, a neglected part of this week's 'Big Society' re-launch is the reappearance of the idea of the 'broken society', writes Matt Cavanagh.
Still a lot of rumour and speculation over civil partnerships
While the government has confirmed that religious elements will be allowed in civil partnerships, suggestions they will go further - such as by allowing the word “marriage” - are rumour and speculation.
It’s time pay inequality became a priority
Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, asks: Should we give equal priority to income inequality and tackle the pay of people at the top, in the belief that reducing the income gap will lead to economic, social and environmental justice? And can we find we right policies to achieve this?
What can we do to stop the abuse of older people in the health service?
Today’s Health Service Ombudsman report makes harrowing reading, highlighting ten case studies of appalling levels of care of older people in our hospitals.
A blueprint for real banking sector reform
After the failure of Project Merlin to introduce any real and significant reform of the banking sector, the call for the government to break up the banks is growing louder.
Clarke’s mantra on youth offending is: “If it works, break it”
The influential Commons Public Accounts Committee published a report today on the youth justice system in England and Wales, writes shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter.