You gotta fight, for the right, to tweeeeeeet
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, details the victory of the Newspaper Guild Of New York in fighting for the right to free expression online.
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Boris is turning back the clock for women in London
Shelly Asquith reports on Tory London Mayor Boris Johnson’s sexist attitudes and anti-women policies.
More than a Hunch?
Jamie Audsley argues London Youth’s new publication Hunch points the way to a Plan B for young people and one that all progressives should get behind.
IDS jumped the gun: Gangs had nothing to do with the riots
Three months on, Ben Mitchell goes through what we now know about the reasons for the riots.
A small mercy for the marching students of tomorrow
As thousands of students march on London, Laura McInerney reports on the positives and negatives of the UCAS consultation document, which provides a glimmer of hope.
Suburbia will be the key battleground in the London and the General Elections
Recent events should convince us further – as if any more convincing were required – that it is in suburbia the next election will be won or lost, writes Rupa Huq.
Report warns families face being “impoverished” by coalition’s welfare reforms
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs writes about the disproportionate effect the welfare reforms will have on poverty in Wales and Scotland.
Ken v Boris: Six months out, Livingstone steps up the pressure on transport and crime
The London Mayoral elections are now just six months away; to mark this point in the campaign, Labour’s Ken Livingstone unveiled several new policy developments.
Fighting disability hate crime is the minimum the government should be doing
Shadow equalities minister Kate Green writes about her success in getting the government to accept and amendment which will equalise tariffs for disability hate crime.
Labour: Arts cuts have led to a “scaling back of ideas, innovation and creativity”
Reaction to the Arts Council’s strategic funding plan, and an explanation of why the government’s 30 per cent cuts to the arts budget are economically insane.