Sure Start delivered. Now we need to learn the lessons of its success.
Sure Start shows us that investing in a dedicated early years support service is a sound investment.
Columnists
Plans to tackle tax avoidance need to be at the heart of the general election campaign
Major political parties have made much of their proposed crackdown on tax avoidance, but none have provided meaningful policy details
Fear of crime isn’t working for the Tories
“After 14 years of austerity, the public know that the services that stop crime have been cut to the bone.”
The American Presidential election is perhaps the last opportunity to preserve the Republic
Left Foot Forward columnist Mark Bergman gives his latest in-depth look at the US Presidential election
The election debates need to interrogate politicians about the human cost of their policies
Party manifestos are disconnected from the lives of the people.
Why Labour’s housing pledges are more radical than many would like to admit
If we are to review Labour’s key housing pledges they centre around delivering 1.5 million homes, and Labour’s planning reform agenda is set to be one of the most transformative in a generation.
Why the conspiracy of silence from our political parties when it comes to corporate greed?
Political parties stigmatise people for claiming welfare support but pay no attention of the spiralling cost of corporate welfare which is enriching shareholders and company executives.
The Tories have made the UK more corrupt, unequal and authoritarian
Civil rights and the rule of law have been eroded
Political parties should be fixing our broken democracy. This is how they can do it.
Our democratic traditions need some TLC
The most important fact about the general election? It’s rigged.
‘Most Britons think that the electoral system is fair and clean, but it is rigged in a variety of ways.’