Olympian opacity: Why the secrets if LOCOG have nothing to hide?
John Biggs argues that LOCOG is unnecessarily opaque about London ticket sales
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Israeli trade unionists striking for non-unionised workers’ rights shows way forward
Alan Johnson shows the advantage of the Histadrut’s approach to organisation: A four-day general strike can get incredible results, and here, it was used for non-unionised workers
Osborne’s austerity obsession is betraying a generation of young people
Willie BainWillie Bain examines in depth the government’s austerity obsession – and that of the rest of the EU centre right – and finds it lacking
Transforming the financial sector from a bad master to a good servant
Stephany Griffith-Jones presents the plan for reformation of the banking system to end the perpetual crisis of finance.
Youth unemployment, Job Centres, and me
Harriet Williams shares her experience as one of the million plus unemployed under-26 year olds.
My open letter to the PM about the NHS bill
Dr Kailash Chand OBE presents his open letter to David Cameron over the NHS bill
Quantitative Easing is stimulating commodity trading, not the real economy
Quantitative Easing is stimulating commodity training, not the real economy. time for a ‘real’ quantitative easing, aimed and stimultaing green growth.
Network Rail must be mutualised to ensure good governance for the future
Joe Fortune calls for Network Rail to be mutualised, in an effort to ensure not only short-term good management, but long-term good governance.
A prescription for the economy – better health in the long term
Asthma UK’s Neil Churchill argues that if the government are so keen to introduce tax cuts as stimulus, prescription charges should be first to go.
David Miliband is spot on in highlighting the structural roots of youth unemployment
David Miliband is right to draw attention to the youth unemployment emergency as one of the most pressing issues facing the UK, writes IPPR’s Tess Lanning.