Why Rwanda has the most female politicians in the world
In Rwanda, 24 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies are reserved for women. The quota system is just a push, the rest comes naturally. Perhaps the UK would find the same?
Good Society
Community organising should be at the heart of the Labour movement as we approach 2015
Community organising can be a source of energy for Labour as we approach 2015.
Families vow to fight on for Omagh justice
Families of the victims of the 1998 Omagh Bombing have vowed to continue their fight after the UK government decided not to proceed with a further inquiry into events surrounding the atrocity.
Boris has failed to get to grips with aviation noise
Londoners cannot be expected to tolerate the aviation noise that blights communities on a daily basis for a moment longer.
The left must ask the right questions as well as provide the right answers
This government has repeatedly shown itself incapable of thinking beyond the level of the individual. In doing so it has sidelined questions about the kind of society that it’s policies are creating.
Video: What Michael Gove thinks of people who use foodbanks
David Cameron refuses to say during PMQs whether he supports Michael Gove’s views on foodbanks in reply to a question from Labour MP Luciana Berger.
Welsh government bans blacklisting firms from public sector contracts
Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to attempt to bring to an end the practice of blacklisting.
The Daily Telegraph is right about sex education
The Daily Telegraph’s ‘Better Sex Education campaign’, aims to update the way sex education is taught in schools to include reference to the internet.
The internet has changed the world, but we need to wake up to cyber bullying
The internet has the capacity to connect families across continents, to bring together social groups so that they can fight for change and to unite writers with their readers, but the dark side of the internet is how easy ittest
Could comedy help reverse youth disengagement in politics?
Laughter could help to reengage young people with politics.