How to form a successful coalition government
With a hung parliament looking likely, a new report brings together advice from experts on how to make power-sharing work for the public
Good Society
Almost a million Londoners are trying to survive on poverty pay
Since 2010, the cost of living in London has outstripped wage growth on almost every measure
Work and Pensions Committee finds no evidence that sanctions help benefit claimants into work
A parliamentary report has been released calling for a full review into the sanctions system, to ensure that it is not ‘purely punitive’
Trevor Phillips on race: an important argument, but nowhere near the full picture
A fact cannot be racist, but if not properly explained it can be explosive
Spending our property wealth led to the economic crash in 2008. What will spending our pension pots lead to?
Osborne’s big idea to get households to spend more without any more income was that we should spend our assets
Give people the power to put an end to cold homes
Targeting the private rented sector is an ideal place to start
New research shows cracks in the Tories’ refusal to work with the SNP
Commons analysis reveals the extent to which the SNP and Conservatives voted together under the last Labour government
Union urges authorities to investigate unpaid police volunteers
Volunteers are being used to help cope with the coalition’s vast cuts to jobs
The Right’s five most inaccurate predictions
A few of the Right’s howlers from 2010
Benefit cap breaches children’s rights, says Supreme Court
The cap has a disproportionate effect on women and children and can make life impossible for victims of domestic violence