Steer clear of Russia Today if you are serious about human rights
So-called ‘alternative’ media should be viewed with no less scepticism than the mainstream.
The 10 best political videos of 2013
The best political videos of 2013 as chosen by Left Foot Forward Editor James Bloodworth.
BT apologises and promises to ‘revise’ description of sex education filters
BT has issued a statement to Left Foot Forward apologising for any ‘confusion’ caused after we broke the news earlier today that their parental internet filters were allowing parents to block information relating to “gay and lesbian lifestyle websites”.
BT allows parents to block children’s access to ‘gay and lesbian lifestyle’ websites
Internet provider BT has a parental control feature which allows parents to prevent their children visiting websites which promote “gay and lesbian lifestyles”.
The Tory sleight of hand over ‘1.1 million more’ private sector jobs
Just under a fifth of the coalition’s ‘million new jobs’ are the result of the reclasification of further education and sixth form college teachers as private sector employees.
Unemployment down 99,000 to 2.39 million
Unemployment decreased by 99,000 between August 2013 and October 2013 to 2.39 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.4 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
The man who wasn’t actually arrested for joking about Nelson Mandela
In a shocking disregard for freedom of expression, Neil Phillips from Rugeley, Staffordshire, was arrested last week after he made tasteless jokes about Nelson Mandela on the internet. Or was he?
The growth of food banks: a crisis made in Downing Street
Are more people really using food banks because of a greater awareness of them?
Gender segregation guidelines withdrawn by Universities UK
In a stunning victory for the campaign against gender segregation in British universities, Universities UK has now dropped its controversial guidelines which would have allowed visiting speakers to segregate students on the basis of their gender.
Gender segregation ‘not permissible’ under equality law
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has ruled that segregation as proposed by the vice-chancellors’ body is “not permissible” under existing equality laws.