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On carbon, why is George so hung up on the fax and not the facts?

18 December, 2012

Will Tim Yeo’s amendment on carbon make it into the Energy Bill – or will George Osborne again thwart the green path?

Mr Gove, What’s with the rush to the EBacc, Sir?

18 December, 2012

Michael Gove will do well to listen to those urging him to think again about his proposed reforms to secondary examinations, writes the NUT’s Christine Blower.

Comment: We can’t assume the equal marriage campaign is won – there’s still a lot to do

15 December, 2012

Symon Hill, associate director of Ekklesia, looks at exactly where we are in the campaign for equal marriage.

What does the 2011 Census tell us about faith, society, and politics?

14 December, 2012

Stephen Beer, political communications officer of the Christian Socialist Movement, looks at what the 2011 Census tells us about faith, society and politics.

Comment: Finucane, state-enabled terror and Britain’s ‘colonial blind spot’

13 December, 2012

Conn Mac Gabhann looks at contemporary British colonialism in the light of the review of the murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane.

Osborne’s spin and games can’t distract from the regressive reality

13 December, 2012

Rachel Reeves MP (Labour, Leeds West) is the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Last week in the autumn statement the chancellor came to the House of Commons and was forced to admit he had failed. Far from securing thetest

NHSs for all? Why universal health coverage is key to improving health worldwide

12 December, 2012

The UN is in the motions of pushing for a global incarnation of universal health care and has the potential to rewrite the global framework for poverty.