Boris is putting the police back behind desks
Jenny Jones AM looks at why so many civilian jobs in the Met have been replaced by trained police officers working at desks.
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Stay poor with Holiday Inn at the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Darren Johnson AM reveals the failure of the mayor to live up to his promise to ensure that Holiday Inn pay the London Living Wage as an Olympic sponsor.
Wales will fight the Tory dismantling of the NHS
Lesley Griffiths explains the Welsh Labour line on the NHS, and how it plans to fight the increasing marketisation at the core of Tory plans for the service
It isn’t “anti-business” to oppose high pay for mediocrity
One Society’s Larissa Hansford argues that businesspeople don’t know the first thing about what is and isn’t “anti-business”.
How do we build a better future with Somalia?
Shadow international development minister Rushanara Ali examines how to improve the lives ot those in Somalia who need our help most.
There should be no prizes for exploiting children at the Olympics
Owen Tudor announces the launch of a campaign to clear up labour practices around the Olympics for good.
What works in encouraging saving?
Giselle Cory examines the state of ‘nudge’-based programs that encourage saving gently; they may help, but they can’t overcome poverty alone.
Assimilation 1 Racial Justice 0
Rob Berkeley looks at the concerns raised by Eric Pickles about assimilation, and finds them to be largely without merit.
Greece is a smokescreen to hide the mother of all bank bailouts
Nick Dearden argues that the very last group who will be helped by the “Greek” bailout are the Greeks.
Chris Grayling should respond to criticism of workfare, not smear the critics
Izzy Koksal debunks Chris Grayling’s defence of workfare – or rather, his attacks on the critics of workfare.