Left Foot Forward
“Lacklustre” growth predicted as Osborne told to develop Plan B
The NIESR think tank predict "lacklustre" growth in 2011. They believe "there is a case for delaying some of the austerity programme" and urge the Chancellor to develop a 'Plan B'.
Top pollster warns: “Labour should be doing better”
YouGov president Peter Kellner today warned Labour they should be "miles ahead" in the opinion polls as anger over the coalition cuts continues to grow.
Look Left – The Murdoch Menace
It was a week to forget for everyone's favourite real-life Bond villain, Tory-supporting media magnate Rupert Murdoch, with sexism, phone-hacking and a new row with Ofcom.
Government pushes through new powers to sell off our forests
The government has opened its consultation today on plans to sell-off the national forests, writes David Babbs, executive director of 38 Degrees.
Fiddling at the edges on control orders not good enough
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, says the innocent may be still be punished without trial and the guilty will continue to evade prosecution and imprisonment.
We must ensure that the Holocaust never becomes an ‘untold story’
Today, we honour the memory of those who perished and of those who survived the darkest chapter in our shared history, to ensure that the Holocaust never becomes an ‘untold story’.