Sacked drugs adviser says Government will eventually “have to accept” his advice
Prof David Nutt, the drugs adviser sacked by the Government last year, has said that they will eventually “have to accept” that his scientific view is “correct”
Good Society
Tower Block of Commons plays into the hands of those crying Broken Britain
Communities featured have voiced fears the programme will focus ghoulishly on the negative, ignoring the positive, playing into the Broken Britain narrative.
Claimants set to lose out from Jackson review
The Jackson review into the costs of legal cases involving negligence was launched last year. Claimants will be the losers if his recommendations are adopted.
Citizen empowerment v the “font of fear”
John Denham is at war with the ‘broken Britain’ narrative; his speech on Wednesday left it pockmarked with facts from a Britain not nearly so broken.
Providing jobs for the socially excluded
The PM has leant his support to BeOnsite, a national not for profit organisation that addresses the skills shortage in the construction industry.
Child poverty figures are bad news
Yesterday’s report on severe child poverty confirms DWP’s official poverty figures. Between 2004-05 and 2007-08 the number of children living in poverty increased.
Grayling’s household defence plans slammed as “state-sponsored revenge”
Shadow Home Sec. Chris Grayling’s plans for a “grossly disproportionate” test for household defence have been branded “state-sponsored revenge” by a top lawyer.
Cameron sending out mixed messages over Sure Start, crime and family
David Cameron, in his speech on “Broken Britain” today, stands accused of “easy populism” and sending out different messages over his policies.
“Social recession” not quite as Cameron sees it
David Cameron today spoke of a ‘social recession’. Evidence, however, suggests that the social recession goes deeper than moral failure or community breakdown.
Memo to the mainstream: where’s the vision, where’s the courage?
Moving the UK from being one of the most unequal developed world societies to being one of the most equal would yield huge benefits, new research has confirmed.