Quote of the day: Homosexuals are ‘very good at antiques’
Conservative peer Baroness Knight said that despite her opposition to gay marriage, she recognised that homosexuals had many talents.
Gay parents good for children according to new study
Children brought up by gay couples are healthier and have better relationships with their families, according to a new Australian-based study.
Speaker Bercow is right: migrants are harder workers
John Bercow is getting a lot of flack right now from the right-wing press for comments made in Romania in which he seemed to imply that EU migrants were better workers than their British counterparts.
Do men and straight people need support societies too?
Recently there has been something of a backlash against equal rights movements – the counter demand for pride/rights/support from majority or dominant groups. This has taken the form of everything from university-based “masculinity groups” to those advancing the concept of “straight pride”.
Inequality stat of the day
Inequality stat of the day.
Poorest will be hardest hit by downturn due to welfare reforms
The poor will be the hardest hit in the long-term by the economic downturn as a result of the government’s changes to the benefits system, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
A&E waiting times at 9-year high
The number of patients having to wait more than four hours in A&E has reached its highest level in nine years.
Is school selection by house price really better than selection by ability?
The Guardian reports today that that a growing gap in household incomes and rising house prices have made England’s top state-funded comprehensive and academy schools more socially exclusive.
Abandoning the winter fuel allowance for a mere £100 million: why bother?
Ed Balls is currently making a speech in which he will effectively renege on previous Labour Party statements that universality remained a “part of the bedrock” of the welfare state.
This week’s most read: The Sun ashamed of its own poll, Cameron’s public health U-turns and Miliband’s dithering on Syria
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.