Boris is doing Londoners out of £1.2 billion a year
Jenny Jones argues that by refusing to implement a Robin Hood tax, Boris Johnson is hurting Londoners to the tune of £1.2 billion every year
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Small firms still locked out of public contracts
Daisy Hooper details the government’s failings in allowing small firms to bid for government contracts. The will is there, but the execution leaves much to be desired
Too many councillors leaving leaves councils too homogeneous
Tulip Siddiq and Peter Allen assess the reasons why councillors don’t stay in the job.
Occupy and its Indian sister movement are fighting the same battles
Dr Kailash Chand OBE highlights the global nature of the occupy movement by showing its links with the Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement in India.
How to make 2012 a real year of jubilee
Tola Ositelu argues that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee should hearken back to the original Jubilees of biblical days.
Caring for the elderly: Why cross-party reform is overdue
Reema Patel details why Britain needs to reform how we care for the elderly in the UK – but explains why it won’t be easy.
Legal loan sharks are licking their lips as the social fund is scrapped
Pete Jefferys of the Co-op party explains why the scrapping of the social fund – is playing into the hands of the legal loan sharks like Wonga and Oakam.
Bill Gates: Innovation is the key to overcoming the need for aid
Mann Virdee reports from Bill Gates’s speech at the LSE this week.
Busting the means testing myth
Andrew Harrop presents the evidence against increasing means-testing – universalism is the key to ensuring a well-funded welfare state.
Miliband demands answers over Cameron’s “inaccurate claims” on jobs, banks and benefits
Ed Miliband has written to David Cameron, asking him to “correct the record” over his PMQs claims on employment, bank lending and disabled children’s benefits.