Real press reform would look at who owns our media
Freedom of the press in Britain is the freedom to ‘print such of the proprietor’s prejudices as the advertisers don’t object to’.
Cameron appoints ‘modern-day Norman Tebbit’ to Number 10 Policy Board
Priti Patel has joined the Number 10 Policy Board. Why does this matter? Well, because…
Improving social mobility starts with reducing inequality
The one thing that could significantly improve social mobility is the one thing politicians are no longer interested in: reducing inequality.
Food banks and five statistics that shame the Coalition
Food banks are simply one indication that the government is presiding over a shocking increase in poverty and deprivation. There are many more.
Unemployment down 18,000 to 2.49 million
Unemployment decreased by 18,000 between June 2013 and August 2013 to 2.49 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.7 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Number using food banks triples in a year
The number of people using food banks to make end meet has tripled this year, according to new figures released today by the Trussell Trust.
Are 1 in 10 on the dole really immigrants?
The Sun should use language that reflects reality, not their readers’ prejudices.
Today’s inflation figures: most people still getting poorer
Yet again inflation has outpaced wages as figures realeased today by the Office for National Statistics show the Consumer Price Index at 2.7 per cent – unchanged from August.
Alliance Boots ‘fleecing Britain’ as it avoids £1.1 billion in tax
Pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has been accused of “fleecing Britain” as a report out today reveals that the company has avoided over a billion pounds in tax in the past six years.
The European far-right is growing. And not for the reasons you think
The far-right in Europe is winning support by combining anti-immigration rhetoric with a populist economic agenda.