Income inequality fell in Labour’s final year
New statistics show that income inequality fell in Labour’s final year in office. The final set of data show that income inequality was flat over Labour’s time in office.
Good Society
Cameron’s government is betraying his “great passion”
TimeBank, a voluntary organisation celebrated by the government in their Big Society plans, have shed a third of their staff following a government funding axe.
Will Clegg let civil liberties go the same way as electoral reform?
Bradley Day, co-founder of the No Police Spies campaign group, urges the Liberal Democrats to re-connect with and stand up for their civil liberties principles.
Break up Britain? It’s time the coalition took a different path
Ed Jacobs gives a moving analysis of the fragmentation of UK society caused by growing inequality as a result of government economic and social policy.
BA/Unite resolution shows civilised negotiation has worked
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, on the successful resolution of the British Airways strike dispute.
Coalition must not destroy legacy of lowest child poverty for 25 years
Tim Nichols, of the Child Poverty Action Group, looks at the policies brought in under Labour thast helped bring child poverty down to the lowest levels for 25 years.
Osborne wants a future where bosses can hire and fire at will
George Osborne’s announcement yesterday of a review of employment law forms part of the biggest assault on workers’ rights in a generation, writes Dave Prentis.
New Labour’s record on child poverty: Lessons must be learnt
Kate Bell and Jason Strelitz look at the lessons that can be learnt from Labour’s years on the tackling of child poverty.
Counting the cost of chaos: The billions we can save by saving lives
Antonia Bance looks at a new report showing an £18 million investment for women living in chaos could save many lives and more than £1 billion pounds over the next five years.
Chuka Umunna: My vision for One Nation Labour
Chuka Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham and Ed Miliband’s Parliamentary Private Secretary, outlines his vision for One Nation Labour.