Banking reform isn’t the complete solution – it’s also about culture, culture, culture
Jonathan Orde of the Young Fabians explains that it’s not all about banking reform – City culture needs to be tackled too.
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Boris bucks the market
Darren Johnson AM for the Green Party reports on the failings of the 600 new proposed ‘Boris Buses’ for London.
What would a fairer economy look like? Time for detailed policy from Labour
With the Labour conference approaching, Labour must decide whether to support a Robin Hood Tax, finical transaction tax. and British Investment Bank.
Plan for EU banking union unveiled
Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands Last week the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, unveiled plans for a European banking union, which I discussed with Andrew Neil on today’s Daily Politics. After monthstest
The British public wants the world’s students to come here – provided they make the grade
Robert Ford is a lecturer in politics at the University of Manchester researching immigration, racial attitudes and the radical right. The UK Border Agency’s decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its right to issue visas to students from outsidetest
Government compensation cuts reconsidered
Matt Chappell is involved in criminal injury compensation research and writes for Pannone Law. In what must be a great relief for victims of criminal injury, the government has withdrawn its plans to reduce the levels of available compensation astest
Children’s charities face ‘perfect storms’
Nick Davies is a Policy Manager at the Charity Children England. Although talk of the ‘Big Society’ has been somewhat quiet of late, charities are still central to the Coalition’s vision for open public services and play a vital roletest
To defend politics we need to change how we do politics
Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Faith in democratic institutions, the media and broader political processes has fallen to dangerously low levels. The 2012 Audit of Political Engagement by the Hansard Society revealedtest
The roots of hate: Was multiculturalism really to blame?
Chizom Ekeh explores the roots of radical Islam among Britain’s young Muslim population and the state of Islamic cohesion withing the British Isles.
Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker 2011/12: Richard Murphy
Dr Eoin Clarke nominates Richard Murphy as the most influential left-winger thinker 2011/12.