India celebrates 60 years of Parliamentary democracy – but the corruption remains
Corruption continues to stalk India, as the republic celebrates 60 years of Parliamentary democracy, writes Kailash Chand OBE.
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Net migration target could slam door to foreign students
The government’s obsession with net migration targets is locking out foreign students, who have huge potential to grow our economy.
Individual electoral registration is not the answer to electoral fraud
Ros Baston explains why the coalition government’s Individual Electoral Registration plans are not the answer to electoral fraud.
What is our common purpose?
Former Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kitty Ussher writes about public services and the economy ahead of the Progress Annual Conference.
How the Tories became an endangered species in the North of England
IPPR North researcher Lewis Goodall reflects on the 2012 local election results in Northern England.
Making a # out of intelligence
Arguments between advocates of social media regulation and open rights campaigners lack adequate legal or ethical foundations, writes Demos’s Carl Miller.
Unless we win the economic argument we can’t deliver social justice
The lesson from Labour’s 1992 election defeat is that unless the party wins the economic argument it cannot deliver social justice, writes Meg Hillier MP.
Wales leads the world with plans to make councils provide routes for ‘active travel’
Sustrans Cymru’s Lee Waters writes about the Welsh government’s plans to place a legal duty on councils to provide a network of routes for ‘active travel’.
“I saw a child struggling for breath in her father’s arms… She must not be joined by countless others”
Lord Boateng was in Ghana for World Immunisation Week; read an account of his visit.
Nine measures for a ‘big L’ liberal Queen’s Speech
CentreForum’s Tom Frostick outlines nine measures a “big L” liberal government would enact in a Queen’s Speech.