Bring back Alan Johnson, say Left Foot Forward readers
Left Foot Forward readers overwhelmingly want the former shadow chancellor brought back into the fold.
Good Society
UKIP’s rise isn’t the end of politics – but it does mean the end of the left-right continuum
UKIP has short-circuited the left-right continuum and defied triangulation.
High speed 3: vision for the North or vanity for Osborne?
Driving northern economic development requires more than just transport connections.
Chuka Umunna is right: UKIP voters can’t send emails
In other words, despite the headlines there really isn’t a great deal to argue with Chuka Umunna about.
Third of Londoners fear having to move due to housing costs
One in three Londoners fears having to move out of their local area because of the high cost of housing.
Was the aim of the bedroom tax always to shift debt from the government to benefit claimants?
The bedroom tax might be the clearest example of the coalition punishing the poor for the financial crisis.
Government welfare reforms a ‘fiasco’ that are hurting the ‘most vulnerable’ say MPs
In one instance a claimant was hospitalised due to stress caused by payment delays
Labour’s ‘benefit cut’ for young people: populist or progressive?
Some of the criticism of Labour’s welfare plans is misplaced.
The Condition of Britain report lives up to the hype
Labour and IPPR’s Condition of Britain report is practical, well thought through, implementable and costed.
Progressives should back Ed Miliband’s welfare proposals
Working class voters, who the left is supposed to champion, want a fairer and more contributory welfare system.