The economic costs and real life consequences of the social housing crunch
Ahead of the Autumn Statement, Kevin Gulliver looks at the costs – economic and human – of the social housing crunch.
Good Society
Where is the coverage of Carers Rights Day?
Today is Carer’s Rights Day, but where is the media coverage? Left Foot Forward urges politicians to push forward this vital campaign.
Latest migration statistics show the UK Border Agency is still not fit for purpose
The latest migration statistics show the UK Border Agency is still not fit for purpose; where there are failings, the home secretary must be held to account.
The Work Programme isn’t working
Compared to its predecessor the Flexible New Deal, the Work Programme isn’t working, writes IPPR North’s Bill Davies.
The abject failure of the Work Programme
Official figures from the DWP show just how big a failure the government’s Work Programme has been.
Unofficial figures show 70% on Work Programme still jobless after a year
Ahead of the official publication of Work Programme Outcome Statistics by ONS this morning, ministers have been preparing the ground for low expectations.
The UK needs to get a grip on legal loan sharks
The UK has fallen behind the rest of Europe in the battle to purge the scourge of payday lenders and violent loan sharks.
Boris is right on Indian student visas – but can he persuade the Tory immigration sceptics?
Boris Johnson says Indian students should have their visa applications to study in the UK processed far quicker – but can he persuade his Tory colleagues?
Try as he may, Chris Grayling can’t make prison cuts without cutting prison numbers
Efforts by the coalition to reduce expenditure on prisons are fraught with problems, including, potentially, from the ever-reliable G4S.
Miller fails to explain post-Olympic school sport slump – or how it’ll be reversed
Culture secretary Maria Miller was questioned by MPs on the Olympic legacy today, specifically the decline in school sport participation.