The Spirit Level Film: Bringing the message of equality to the screen
Katharine Round, Producer/Director of “The Spirit Level Film”, writes about how you can help bring the message about equality to the screen.
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100 years on from his birth, why is Jim Callaghan important?
This Saturday, May 26th, The People’s History Museum in Manchester is commemorating the centenary of the birth of James Callaghan.
Why should gay couples have to wait for equal pension rights?
Tory MPs calling for equal marriage proposals to be delayed to ‘focus on what matters’ need to understand how desperate LGBT couples are for equal rights.
Regional Growth Fund is no more effective than the scheme it replaced
Replacing Regional Development Agencies with a more-aspirational Regional Growth Fund has not produced any evidential improvements for regional economies.
Her Majesty’s uncooperative Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech did not deliver on energy bills, foreign aid or co-operative values.
Media reporting is the real foreign national prisoner ‘problem’
Certain sections of the press continue to run inflammatory stories on the UK’s apparent failure to deport foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences.
Time for university fat cats to sup from the “efficiency” bowl
Zain Sardar of the Young Greens looks at the scandal of fat cat university Vice Chancellors.
As Europe looks set to back a Robin Hood Tax, Osborne remains on the side of the 1%
A Robin Hood Tax would be a tiny tax on the vast wealth of our financial sector; by taxing the few, we could do so much more for the many, writes Chris Keates.
Europe’s Right still full-steam ahead on mad dash for austerity
Shadow Scotland Office minister William Bain MP writes about the insanity of the European right’s mad dash for austerity.
Time for Clegg to bridge the early intervention gap and act on social mobility
It is time for Nick Clegg to bridge the early intervention gap and act like a real family man, writes Family Action’s Anthony McCaul.