Even George Osborne doesn’t want it: yet another setback for Universal Credit
Even George Osborne is reluctant to endorse Universal Credit.
Good Society
Dying people deserve constructive debate on assisted dying, not scaremongering
It’s time to bust some myths about the Assisted Dying Bill.
Undercutting UK workers – Tory style
We don’t need secretive deals that bring in people through the back door and undercut the wages of UK-based workers.
The public is to the left of Labour, but that’s where things get complicated
Ed Miliband beware: people don’t vote for policies, they vote for governments.
Apprenticeship starts for young people fall by over 11,000 under coalition
Securing an apprenticeship is now twice as hard as getting a place at university.
A victory for the left as Germany adopts minimum wage
On July 3, Germany moved towards introducing a legally binding national minimum wage set at €8.5 an hour.
HGVs on Britain’s roads pay less than 40 per cent of the costs they impose on society
The government needs to reduce the costs resulting from lorry activities.
Tory ally convicted of race hate appointed to Civil Liberties committee
A Finnish MEP and ally of David Cameron with a criminal record for inciting racial hatred has been appointed to the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament.
Coalition Britain: hungry children eating out of bins
Hungry children in Stoke-on-Trent have been rummaging through bins looking for something to eat.
The government’s overall objective should be simple: zero hunger
Food poverty is an extreme example of what happens when the welfare system breaks down.