Opening up the courts to cameras will open up justice
Former Solicitor General Vera Baird QC makes the case for cameras in court.
Good Society
The social mobility policy challenges for Willetts and his government
The challenge the government is to find out what can be done at a policy level to ensure people can improve their prospects for upwards earnings mobility.
Glasman: Businesses want Labour and the unions to be “partners in growth”
Maurice Glasman says businesses “do not think the coalition government is serious about growth”; they think Labour and the unions should be “partners in growth”.
Will Clarke stay the course on his latest U-turn?
Johann Koehler, a researcher at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology, responds to Ken Clarke’s latest U-turn on crime and reoffending.
Cameron’s benefit cap rewards family break-up
David Cameron has rooted the causes of the August riots in values and family break-up. So why is he proposing a benefit cap that will encourage parents to split?
Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare
David Cameron was grilled over his antics while a member of the posh boy Bullingdon Club today, an issue which exposes him and Boris Johnson as hypocrites.
How domestic violence victims risk losing support because of the cuts
One of the ironies of austerity is that when the government does do something relatively progressive everything else they are up to subverts their good intentions.
Disabled people fear further impoverishment as cuts begin to hit
Kaliya Franklin reports on the Papworth Trust survey of disabled people’s responses to the governments disability reforms and benefit cuts.
Spanish and Italian strikes show the growth in sporting socialism
Rich Hook looks at the strikes that have gripped Italian and Spanish football and the US NBA and NFL and says sporting socialism is alive and well in those states.
Clegg’s defence of Human Rights Act as welcome as it is timely
Liberals of all hues should welcome wholeheartedly Nick Clegg’s defence of the Human Rights Act, for a host of reasons, writes Dr Prateek Buch.