A consensus on community organisation
The Conservative party should be praised for their announcement today on community organisers. Political parties must now adopt the goals, as well as the methods.
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Plans to build 10,000 new council homes “very welcome”
Housing experts have welcomed John Healey’s announcement today of a “radical new council housing deal”.
Budget 2010: Housing investment must continue
Despite the £38bn spent on decent homes which improved hundreds of thousands of council homes, many of the worst estates continue to be untackled.
Tories must come clean on cuts to voluntary sector
Society’s (and government’s) most intractable problems would be delayed, not expedited, by a Tory victory in May.
Reform of police service is key, not a fixation on numbers
There is no need for the fiscal squeeze to hit frontline numbers; the sooner we get away from being fixated with the overall number of officers the better.
60% of short term prisoners re-offend within a year
As we head into the election all parties’ time would be better spent paying attention to the overwhelming evidence for what works in criminal justice policy.
Searching for consensus on how to tackle inequality
There is now a fairly substantial body of evidence showing the ill effects of income inequality on society, but not yet much consensus on what to do about it, particularly given the public’s seemingly contradictory attitude towards the issue; thattest
How to shrink the poverty trap
Jobseekers’ Allowance recipients can pay 111% marginal tax rates on returning to work. Policy Exchange recommend letting them take home more of their earnings.
Locking up non-violent youths costs millions and does little to reduce crime
A new report has demonstrated the true costs of the political arms race over criminal justice policy engaged in by both main parties over the past two decades.
Northern Ireland police face fresh wave of attacks in wake of Newry car bombing
There is more evidence that dissidents are stepping up their attempts to ruin the Hillsborough Agreement, following the Newry car bomb last week.