Raising the pension age will be a public health disaster
Steve Griffiths argues that raising the retirement age will harm more than just the nation’s finances – it will also harm the nation’s health.
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From David Laws to Andrew George: The Lib Dem rebellion league table
Mark Pack presents a fantastic infographic containing all the knowledge you need to know about Liberal Democrat rebels.
What costs £1.3 million a pop and Boris hopes will get him reelected?
Val Shawcross argues that Boris is wasting millions of public money on an unnecessary and expensive fleet of prestige buses.
Serious concerns over transport commissioning – how will Greening respond?
Matt Dykes writes about the information revealed in the transport select committee’s report on the commissioning process for the Thameslink trains.
The south is on its way out of recession, but the north is stuck
IPPR North report on the growing economic split between the north and south of England; while the former may be recovering, the latter is stagnating – or worse.
Cameron tries to teach social workers told how to suck eggs… again
Hilton Dawson, chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers, responds to David Cameron’s speech today on ‘troubleshooting’ problem families.
The right’s attack on child poverty targets shows their ignorance
Tim Nichols argues that Ruth Porter’s attack on child poverty targets misses the big picture in favour of a trojan horse attack on the European Union.
Cameron’s walkout is leaving Scotland’s fisheries to rot
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton writes about the damage David Cameron’s abdication of responsibility in the European Union is having on Scottish fisheries.
Unemployment: How Cameron and Clegg are letting the next generation down
Today’s unemployment figures provide a grim reckoning of the mounting human, social, and long-term economic cost of thE government’s failures on the economy.
Here’s what the Portas review left out
Elizabeth Cox of nef argues that Mary Portas’ review of the High Street makes many good suggestions, but misses out some curiously large targets