Labour frontbencher Helen Goodman: My fears about Blue Labour
On Monday’s Newsnight, shadow prisons minister Helen Goodman MP debated Lord Glasman on the ‘Blue Labour’ concept; here, she further critiques the idea.
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Tabloid rage wins the sentencing argument
No one comes out of the sentencing u-turn saga in a particularly good light; all the political parties should be wary of letting tabloid outrage dictate policy.
Sentencing Bill: Drug users still need more practical help
At the heart of most debates on how the state should respond to the use of controlled drugs is an assumption that the threat of punishment affects levels of use
Women disproportionately affected by discriminatory Pensions Bill
An equal pension is the goal but women disproportionately affected by the discriminatory Pensions Bill are starting from a disadvantage, writes Age UK’s Hilary Evans.
Public split on pensions reform
Ahead of the vote on the second reading of the Pensions Bill today, the latest YouGov/Sunday Times poll shows the unions edging in front in the battle for public opinion.
Moving the goalposts on pensions is unfair and unjust
Shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves calls on MPs from all parties to honour their commitments and vote down the unfair and unjust changes in the Pensions Bill 2011.
Davies’s remarks are a much needed wake-up call; discrimination is alive and well
Philip Davies’s disgusting, disgraceful, ignorant, ill-informed remarks about the disabled today have proved to be a much needed wake-up call, writes Jos Bell.
Miliband shows signs of winning the war of words for modern Britain
Ed Miliband’s headline political messages have proved adept at analysing and encapsulating the issues facing Britain – and in a way that people can relate to.
Lucas: Drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas sets out her calls for a new approach to dealing with drugs, and says drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one.
DEFRA’s B-team face another defeat
Holding the government to account and exposing bad policies is what opposition is about; poor Gavin Shuker MP has to do this for DEFRA, so never has a quiet day.