Opening up the courts to cameras will open up justice
Former Solicitor General Vera Baird QC makes the case for cameras in court.
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The social mobility policy challenges for Willetts and his government
The challenge the government is to find out what can be done at a policy level to ensure people can improve their prospects for upwards earnings mobility.
Abu Salim shows we must do more to protect doctors in conflicts
The horrors of Abu Salim show the law is being routinely ignored by governments and others engaged in conflicts in many countries, writes Labour’s Rushanara Ali.
The two faces of NHS reform
Health minister Lord Howe told private healthcare execs the NHS reforms create “genuine opportunities” for the private sector to take over large chunks of the NHS.
Grassroots Lib Dems: The current bill dismantles the NHS
The Social Liberal Forum calls for a clearer duty to provide on behalf of the health minister, a curbing of the national commissioning baord to promote choice, making GP consortia more accountable and the retention of the cap on private treatment.
Will Clarke stay the course on his latest U-turn?
Johann Koehler, a researcher at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology, responds to Ken Clarke’s latest U-turn on crime and reoffending.
Gove’s ‘for-profit’ free schools lust overlooks warning signs from US
Michael Gove’s lack of concern that free schools may be operated by for-profit companies indicates his willingness to overlook the warning signs from the US.
Cameron’s benefit cap rewards family break-up
David Cameron has rooted the causes of the August riots in values and family break-up. So why is he proposing a benefit cap that will encourage parents to split?
Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker of the year: Barack Obama
Although an increasingly unfashionable view, President Barack Obama has three reasons to stake a claim as the most influential left wing thinker of the year.
Government inaction on green economy is holding us back
Investment in our green economy would get Britain growing and cut the deficit, but government inaction is holding us back, writes shadow minister Luciana Berger.