This week’s most read: The Bedroom Tax, Thatcher’s influence on Ukip, and the fan takeover of Portsmouth Football Club
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Amnesty International condemns coalition for assault on disabled
At its AGM on April 14 2013, Amnesty International UK passed a resolution on the Human Rights of sick and disabled people in the UK.
Look Left – Margaret Thatcher, the scuppering of emissions legislation and worrying labour market stats
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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A minimum wage worker would need to work 380 hours a week to match top earner
A minimum wage worker would need to work for 380 hours a week to match the annual salary of someone at the 99th percentile, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.
It’s time to think the unthinkable on illegal drugs
Brighton and Hove could become the first British city to provide consumption rooms for drug addicts. This should prompt a debate over whether prohibition is still the best way to reduce drug use.
‘We’re all Thatcherites now’? Sorry Dave, we’re not
Going by a new poll from YouGov, the proposition that we are “all Thatcherites now” appears flawed: some of the central tenets of Thatcherism are deeply unpopular with the public.
Video: Big six energy company paid no corporation tax in three years to 2011
Energy company RWE npower did not pay a single penny of corporation tax in three years despite making profits of £766 million.
Unemployment up 70,000 to 2.56 million
Unemployment rose by 70,000 between December 2012 and February 2013 to 2.56 million, and the unemployment rate has risen to 7.9%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
IMF calls on Osborne to ease up on austerity
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut the UK’s growth forecast more than any other major economy and called for the government to spend more to stimulate growth.