Good Society
No escape for Cameron on importance of poverty
Cameron's "parenting warmth" speech is misleading. Research indicates the clear role played by poverty in determining both life chances and the quality of parenting.
Lottery fund gives grant for research into autism hate crime
The news that hate crime towards autistic people will be the subject of a new £350,000 research programme will be welcomed by people with all disabilities.
Grayling seeks to emulate Irish Government’s “licence to kill” home defence bill
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling has said the Conservatives would “look at” emulating the Irish Government’s new “licence to kill” household defence law.
Cameron’s “green housing” plan unpicked
The apparent depiction by Cameron of the £6,500 loan as a grant is either a serious misunderstanding or disingenuous politics; this is a debt, is not a grant.
Seeking a fairer distribution of power
New Labour think tank Demos release a video looking at power, ahead of their launch of a “power map” on Monday.
Prison policy should cut crime not costs
The announcement in the pre-Budget report that savings of £360 million will be sought by “outsourcing inefficient prisons” is symptomatic of the Government’s increasingly reactionary and haphazard approach to prison policy.