Comment: The Olympic legacy must be about more than just tourism
Culture secretary Maria Miller delivered a barely-keynote speech on tourism and the Olympic legacy on Tuesday – but surely the legacy is more than just tourism?
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A “system gone crazy”: Tory cuts force London councils to send homeless to Wales
Tory cuts are forcing London local authorities into making preparations to relocate homeless families outside of the capital – as far away as Wales.
Will there be a General Strike in the UK?
After increased talk of a General Strike after the October 20th protest and an upcoming European strike, John Millington asks if the UK will see one.
How lawful is a General Strike?
In the wake of the October 20th protest, Ruwan Subasinghe discusses the legality of a General Strike.
The Tory Olympic legacy? Scrapping protections for school playing fields
School sport: new regulations come in to force on Wedneseday which get rid of the requirement on all schools to have decent sized playing fields.
Breakfast clubs axed, teacher handouts…. the scandal of hungry children in our schools
A study released by Kellogg’s tells us of the importance of breakfast in education, writes Fiona Twycross AM.
Badgers and TB: Vaccinations are the way forward, not the Tory plans for a mass cull
Vaccinations are the way forward in the badgers and TB debate, not the Tory plans for a mass cull, writes former environment secretary Hilary Benn.
The inequality at the heart of the housing crisis
A new study by the LSE highlights systemic inequality in the housing crisis.
The “bang ’em up” brigade’s calls for longer prison sentences ignores the evidence
Andrew Neilson, is the director of campaigns at the Howard League, rebuts the latest right-wing claims on longer prison sentences deterring crime.
While the super-rich get a tax cut, disabled people are the hardest hit by Tory welfare cuts
Andrew Kaye, co-author of the Hardest Hit coalition’s new report, “The Tipping Point” writes about how the cuts are hitting disabled people the most.