Good Society
Hannes Swoboda and Mojca Kleva Kekus take your questions on tax justice
Live chat, 21 May 2013. 12.30PM
In place of fear: It’s time to tackle alarming health inequalities
In Place of Fear, the title of Aneurin Bevan’s book published on the 10th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, is synonymous with all that the welfare state stood for and what it sought to achieve. In 2013, as the principles of Bevan and Beveridge are being killed off, the belief that inequalities should narrow is also under attack.
Blacklisted workers deserve a larger audience than is currently being granted
The image of union activist George Tapp lying on a Manchester road with two broken legs and blood pouring from his head following a vicious hit and run during an anti-blacklist demonstration last week has shocked many.
Gay marriage: A stronger society isn’t just about marriage, it’s about plurality
If there is a genuine issue of conscience here for supporters of equality it's surely that they do whatever will secure real change sooner rather than later. That must be to leave Loughton and his wreckers to their own devices.
Poverty: The 2010 consensus in tatters
Dropping the child poverty target would mean accepting a level of poverty much higher than almost all countries of comparable wealth.
Labour should cut its ties with the illiberal Henry Jackson Society
Born of a desire to tackle totalitarianism, the society is increasingly intolerant, yet some Labour MPs still support i