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Thatcher’s corrosive legacy: The UK’s abandoned inner cities
It was revealed today that Margaret Thatcher was advised to abandon Liverpool to “managed decline” by Geoffrey Howe in 1981; Gavin Knight looks at her legacy.
Sustainable development in 2012: Learning the lessons of 1987
As we enter 2012, what can we learn from looking back to 1987? Jules Peck looks at the state of play post-Durban and the state of green politics in the UK.
Out in the cold on Christmas day: The growing homelessness crisis
Christmas is just three days away, but thousands of people, particularly young people, will be out on the street on Christmas Day, writes Rory Weal.
Could the welfare bill signal the death of social housing?
Thomas Sutton investigates the impact on social housing of the changes to housing benefit contained in Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reform bill.
Implementing Vickers won’t stop the next crisis
Josh Ryan Collins writes that the Vickers report, which is aimed at propping up bad banking, needs to go further, and encourage the creation of good banking: local, fair, safe banks, that aren't too big to fail
Equal love: Time for the UK Parliament to recognise gay marriage
MEPs Glenis Wilmott and Michael Cashman argue for same-sex couples to have their existing marriages or partnerships legally recognised wherever they are in Europe.