Good Society
Cameron sending out mixed messages on family policy
David Cameron’s speech last week seemed in part to signify a welcome shift away from a focus on marriage alone, reports Kate Bell, formerly of Gingerbread.
Time to muzzle the legal loan sharks
Lisa Nandy MP talks about the problems caused by the extortionate rate of legal loan sharks and discusses the End Legal Loan Sharks campaign.
Who’d have thought it – ‘real’ welfare is working
Is Britain really broken? New findings suggest that the growth of so called 'welfare dependency' may be massively overstated, reports Daisy Blacklock.
Ken Clarke’s reforms risk putting penal reform back a generation
Ken Clarke has quickly become the favourite coalition minister of many progressives for his talk of cutting the numbers of […]
Work no longer enough to prevent poverty
In-work poverty is now a bigger challenge than out-of-work poverty, new research finds today. 58% of children living in relative poverty have at least one parent in work.
Wales bowled over by Cahn’s theory of time-banking
Mark Drakeford examines the parallels between the 'customer' experience in the healthcare system and the fate of his beloved Glamorgan County Cricket Club.