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Osborne’s slashing of legal aid: Another false economy
The government’s cuts in legal aid will cost the taxpayer more and simply shift the costs onto other government departments, writes Dr Graham Cookson.
“Delivering fairness in difficult times”: Miliband outlines the “new reality”
Ed Miliband will today warn only Labour can deliver fairness in straitened times, and that whoever wins the next election will have to deal with a big deficit.
It’s the Big Society that’s being hit by the government’s economics
The Coalition wanted to end the Big State, and bring in the Big Society. We are ending up with neither, as charities shed more jobs than the public sector.
Three things Cameron should do if he’s serious about high pay
Duncan Exley argues that Cameron's plans for high pay are in the right direction, but far weaker than they should be. Exley shows how he ignores the best ways to deal with the problem.
How does Northern Ireland achieve reconciliation in 2012?
Ed Jacobs looks at 2012 for Northern Ireland, exploring h ow Northern Ireland achieves reconciliation in 2012.
Thatcher’s corrosive legacy: The UK’s abandoned inner cities
It was revealed today that Margaret Thatcher was advised to abandon Liverpool to “managed decline” by Geoffrey Howe in 1981; Gavin Knight looks at her legacy.