Cable should work with unions, not bully them, for the good of the economy
Threatening to tighten the UK’s already strict labour laws highlights a coalition government focused on conflict not consensus, writes Unite’s Mik Sabiers.
Good Society
Child poverty the “challenge of our generation” says McConnell
Former Scottish first minister, Lord McConnell has called on all parties to unite against child poverty which he called the “challenge of our generation”.
As Cameron talks up the Big Society, it’s crashing down
Isn’t it odd that every Big Society re-launch by David Cameron appears to be accompanied by another dozen charities going under? Dominc Browne investigates.
The shocking impact of Osborne’s heartless cuts on the disabled
If the Welfare Reform Bill passes, the results will be horrific and at the Department for Work and Pensions, they are confident that it is a price worth paying.
On drugs policy, the government should do what the evidence tells them
Dr Michael Shiner, Assistant Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, on the need for the government to stop burying its head in the sand and reform drugs policy.
Welfare reform: The coalition’s next train crash
Shadow employment minister Stephen Timms MP writes on the failures that lie at the heart of Iain Duncan Smith’s Welfare Reform Bill – the coalition’s next train crash.
Clarke asleep on the job of real prison reform
It took the coalition government five months to respond to Baroness Corston’s follow up report on women in the penal system, only to flatly reject its calls.
A big society or a breached social contract?
The attempt to control drug use through the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) has for forty years undermined trust in the criminal justice system.
New think tank GEER outline vision for Labour’s future
Dr Eoin Clarke, founder of GEER (Gender, Environment, Equality and Race), and Editor of The Green Benches, writes about GEER’s vision for Labour’s future.
The Big Society belongs to the people not the politicians
Politicians should let the public decide what the Big Society means and allow communities to make things happen on their own terms.