We mustn’t let piracy rule the development agenda on Somalia
Though piracy, security and terror topped the agenda at the conference on Somalia, we mustn’t let it’s less high-profile development needs slip under the radar.
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The financial and personal cost of the legal aid cuts laid bare
Left Foot Forward looks at the legal aid cuts, and the costs to services, people and the taxpayer of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
The Treasury dodges the question on its new tax loophole for multinationals
Tax changes being brought forward in the Budget could result in tax losses of £4 billion a year for poor countries and £1 billion for the UK.
Even a means-tested care system will require significant investment
The failure to invest in our care services constitutes death by a thousand cuts to a vital public service and in the quality of care as private care homes are forced to cut their overheads and provide a punitive ‘no-frills’ budget.
Policing is political already – why should police commissioners hide their allegiance?
Given how political policing is, from questions of resource allocation to outsourcing, if any independent PCCs are elected to make such political decisions, we should know their political leanings.
Time for Ken Clarke to deliver peers the evidence on the real cost of legal aid cuts
On the legal aid cuts and LASPO bill, the real problem Ken Clarke has is his story savings figures simply do not stack up and peers from all sides know it.
Boris’s 9-point plan is a bridge to nowhere
Andrew Dismore, Labour’s GLA candidate for Camden and Barnet, takes apart London Mayor Boris Johnson’s 9-point “Plan for London”.
Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food
The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many – but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.
Warsi’s call for the dominance of Christianity ignores that it’s Islam under threat
Peter Allen and Rebecca Wainwright argue that the difficulty of getting ‘Islamic’ architecture built in Britain shows the flaws in Warsi’s claim that militant secularisation is a problem
A4e’s fall from grace has been in the pipeline for two years
Fiona MacTaggart writes about the two years she’s spent fighting against A4e and their shoddy practices; Now that it’s all blown up, what’s next?