Coalition deserves praise for leading the world on aid transparency
The Coalition Government is set to lead the international movement for aid transparency, acting on their promises to publish all information on aid spending.
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Growth, not “painful” cuts, will lead to deficit reduction
The Coalition should not kid itself that making Britons swallow painful medicine will ward off the financial markets – austerity measures do not inevitably lead to deficit reduction.
Cameron needs to tone down the rhetoric over China
On China, is Mr Cameron taking over the mantle from Mrs Thatcher, when she annoyed the country over negotiations on the handover of Hong Kong?
A weak and divided voice – what the coalition means for Britain in Europe
If the Tories follow their instincts, they will try to scupper, or heavily water down, everything in Europe while the Lib Dems would do the opposite: division and weakness beckons.
Labour is still a moral crusade
The Welsh Assembly elections are a year away. The Labour Party in Wales is taking stock after the general election and preparing its manifesto and campaign for next May.
Cameron’s industrial policies must match up with his vision
There was much to welcome in David Cameron’s first major speech as Prime Minster on industrial policy. But his policies must now catch up with his vision.
To end aid dependency, developing countries need improved tax revenues
African governments raise 11 times more money from taxation than they receive in overseas aid. This fact, published Sunday, puts the aid debate into focus.
Not all gay asylum-seekers sent back to face persecution
Because of internalised homophobia many LGBT refugees stay underground and don’t try and regularise their situation until they become desperate.
Threat hangs over medical research following cuts
Today’s cuts were meant to focus on eliminating waste and low priority spending areas. So why was £233m cut from the Centre for Medical Research and Innovation?
How proportional is PR for Black and ethnic minority people?
Without wide changes in party leadership, membership and party procedures, electoral reform will not result in our representatives being any more proportionate.