Our guest writer is Nick Pearce, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) How should Labour respond to the spending review this week? The temptation will be to oppose the cuts without offering a clear alternative. But that wouldtest
The unprecedented cuts proposed to the public sector will have a harsh and deeply unfair impact on women, reports Fabian Society intern Sarah Barber.
Six months ago, many, many people from across London and beyond came to help me and Jim Fitzpatrick beat George Galloway’s Respect, reports Rushanara Ali.
Every year, some 1,500 people lose their lives in the UK through a fatal occupational injury – not to mention the 20,000-plus who die of occupational illness.
This afternoon saw the Business select committee grill Vince Cable on the government’s decision to withdraw an £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters.
The government claims Royal Mail and the Post Office are “separate and distinct businesses” This is not true; they are part of the same state owned business.
The main reason voters in the south don’t think much of the Labour Party is, because the electorate as a whole doesn’t think much of it, explains Prof. Cowley.
To better understand housing, ministers should be obliged to live for part of the year in new build homes that they have forced on the rest of the country.
Universities need to be invested in; rewards include tackling the national debt in the short term while ensuring we have a highly skilled, high growth economy.
The UK is a wealthy country that is innovative and punches above its weight in so many ways; we can afford a socially fair society, we are choosing not to.
