David Cameron gives to women with one hand, takes with the other
Despite today’s big pay gap announcement these are difficult times for women
Good Society
Relaxing the Hunting Act should be a referendum matter
Both public opinion and animal welfare overwhelmingly favour the ban
Labour’s Leeds hustings was dry, dull and uninspiring
There were few new ideas and no engagement with the audience
Note to Sajid Javid: planning permissions aren’t homes
In London, there are already planning permissions for over 260,000 homes that are not getting built
Harriet Harman is wrong: the Conservatives don’t have a mandate to cut child tax credits
Listen to the voters by all means. But recognise that they aren’t calling for a cut in child tax credits
The Labour party and movement have always been bigger than one person
Why I am backing Yvette Cooper to be the next leader of the Labour party
Book Review |The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
Why has the secular and democratic left given way to resurgent religious fundamentalism?
The EU is besieged on all fronts
By openly ignoring the demands of a member state the EU has presented a gift to its sceptics
Labour finds allies across the nations in tax credit attack
The Scottish deputy first minister branded the budget a ‘con-trick’
The government’s redefinition will magically reduce child poverty
Almost two out of three in Britain’s poor live in working households – thanks to the changes they’ll be left out of poverty statistics