Inequality must be ended to prevent another financial crisis
Stewart Lansley argues that high income inequality leads to economic slumps; we can only solve the latter if we deal with the former
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Osborne’s slashing of legal aid: Another false economy
The government’s cuts in legal aid will cost the taxpayer more and simply shift the costs onto other government departments, writes Dr Graham Cookson.
Boris’s electric vehicle boasts are an inverted pyramid of piffle
Darren Johnson shows how consistently wrong the mayor’s claims about electric vehicles has been.
Women turned away from refuge shelters told to sleep in Occupy camps
Vera Baird QC writes from the Commission on Women’s Safety, and reports that life is getting harder in coalition Britain for women in dangerous circumstances.
SNP: Cam’s “economic uncertainty” argument is nonsense; we’ll stick to our timetable
Humza Yousaf MSP (SNP, Glasgow), Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, makes the case for Scottish independence.
100 years of the ANC, Africa’s oldest liberation movement
Action for Souther Africa’s Tony Dykes looks at the history of the ANC, and wonders what the future holds for it.
Scottish Labour leader: “I want the referendum to be held as quickly as possible”
Johann Lamont MSP, leader of The Scottish Labour Party, calls on Alex Salmond to have the debate on independence now, and to have the referendum.
London 2012: 200 days to drop Dow
Barry Gardiner MP writes about the growing campaign to force London 2012 Olympic Games organisers LOCOG to drop DOW Chemicals as a sponsor.
How well does Boris do on apprenticeships?
The Green Party’s Darren Johnson AM argues that apprenticeships need to be rehauled, and that London could show the rest of the country how to do it.
Work will get more dangerous and more difficult this year
Bud Hudspith argues that the government is understating the damage caused by bad health and safety, and that cutting the regulations will only hurt more.