Good Society
Networks can be deliberative, accountable and consensual in decision making
Aaron Peters writes about open source consensus, and explains how networks can be deliberative, accountable and consensual in decision making and acting.
The challenge of equal pay in 2011
With women still earning a sixth less than men, the Fawcett Society’s head of policy and campaigns, Anna Bird, looks at the challenge of equal pay in 2011.
As 2011 dawns, remember the 3.9 million children still living in poverty
In the last of our series of articles looking ahead to 2011, Left Foot Forward's devolution correspondent Ed Jacobs presents a sobering picture of the state of the nation, with many millions still living in poverty and suffering depression.
Campaigners fear child detention coalition back track
Campaigners have raised serious concerns over the Coalition's shifting policy on child detention and whether the practice will continue in all but name.
Is the Sustainable Communities Act the most important legislation since 2000?
Steve Shaw discusses the importance of the Sustainable Communities Act, and asks if it is the most important piece of legislation of the past decade.
Civil service complacency on black applicants is not good enough
David Lammy MP comments on recent figures revealing that Black applicants to the Civil Service fast track have barely a one per cent chance of being recruited.