Review of Cutting Crime and Building Confidence: Empowering Victims and Communities
This emphasises Labour’s need to put victims at the heart of our criminal justice system, and is a call to root the justice system in the community.
Public Services
Unions need to win over the public if they’re to avoid a repeat of Wisconsin
Unions must win over the public to avoid a repeat of Wisconsin, says @AKMPeterson: #url#
Anti-foreign student rhetoric risks real harm to our global reputation
Government anti-immigration sound bites risk doing real harm to our universities and our reputation on the world stage, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
Lib Dem MP tells Lords: How the NHS bill needs to be changed
Liberal Democrat Andrew George MP sets out where peers need to change the health and social care bill where it stands – making sure that remains a service where patient service is put ahead of private profit.
Rich kids will pay less student debt than middle classes
Rich people will end up paying back less than the middle classes for tuition fees because they will clear their debts quicker and avoid bigger interest payments.
Lib Dem activists face reality about their MPs’ NHS vision
Lib Dem activists this week face the harsh reality their party is now an active supporter of the Tory’s neo-liberal NHS reforms, writes Trevor Cheeseman.
Fees hike dragged Scottish Lib Dems into “political gutter” says former leader
Tavish Scott has revealed the extent to which Nick Clegg’s decision to enter into coalition with the Conservativeshas damaged the Liberal Democrats in Scotland.
Audit Commission to investigate anti-HS2 Tory councils
A number of the major district and county councils along the route of the proposed High-Speed Two (HS2) rail line are being investigated by the Audit Commission.
The two faces of NHS reform
Health minister Lord Howe told private healthcare execs the NHS reforms create “genuine opportunities” for the private sector to take over large chunks of the NHS.
Cameron’s fantasy list of NHS reform backers
David Cameron today claimed the Royal Colleges of GPs, Physicians, and Nurses all support his NHS reforms – a claim at odds with reality that was met with incredulity.