Would you hand supervision of offenders to companies with no experience of providing probation services?
The government’s plans to sell-off the probation service will be pushed to a vote on today by Labour MPs.
Good Society
Troubled families figure ‘delight’ misses the real picture
The headline figure of ‘troubled families’ tells us little about the situation in local areas.
Men are still ‘studs’ while women remain ‘sluts’
If as a society we wish to improve attitudes towards sexual consent – and more importantly reduce the number of women who are sexually assaulted by men – we need to end to the sexual double standard.
Over half of voters believe the Tories ‘only represent the rich’
A majority of voters believe the Conservative Party only represents the interests of the rich, according to a new ComRes survey for tomorrow’s Independent.
Bristol woman ‘killed herself after benefits were stopped’
A Bristol woman who suffered severe pain due to slipped discs in her back and neck has taken her own life after having her benefits stopped.
The Tories’ volte-face on payday lending
Previous attempts by Labour at capping the cost of payday loans have been defeated in the Commons by…the Tories; with the aid of their Lib Dems partners, of course.
UKIP MEPs laziest in Europe
UKIP’s attendance record in the European Parliament is worse than that of their counterparts from the three major parties.
The Cooperative movement has been a tremendous force for good. These scandals should not diminish that
In a time of unfettered capitalism when the welfare state is deteriorating, we need the values of cooperation and compassion that the Cooperative movement embodies.
It’s time to end NEETs, but not by scrapping support for young people
Despite this morning’s Daily Telegraph front page headline, IPPR is not proposing to ‘scrap benefits for under 25s’.
The UK can learn a lot from Norway on childcare
Compared with other countries, in the UK there are complicated and inefficient mechanisms for the public funding of childcare.