Teenagers need EMA, not JSA, to get back into the workplace
James Mills looks at the cost of keeping EMA, against that of its replacement, and finds that the latter isn’t much cheaper, and is a lot worse, than the former
Social Justice
Workfare is not voluntary
Alex Hern repeats what needs repeating: Workfare is not voluntary.
Assimilation 1 Racial Justice 0
Rob Berkeley looks at the concerns raised by Eric Pickles about assimilation, and finds them to be largely without merit.
Edwina Currie is good at making people cry
Alex Hern reports on heartless Edwina Currie and how good she is at making people cry
Youth unemployment, Job Centres, and me
Harriet Williams shares her experience as one of the million plus unemployed under-26 year olds.
The three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
Alex Hern gives their noble lordships pointers on how to avoid completely wrecking life for disabled people in Britain
It’s time to take mental ill health seriously
Ed Jacobs argues that the focus on mental health in the NHS bill purely in terms of government defeats shows that paucity of attention which it garners normally
Look Left – Beginning of the end on the NHS bill
Alex Hern presents the round-up of this weeks news.
A prescription for the economy – better health in the long term
Asthma UK’s Neil Churchill argues that if the government are so keen to introduce tax cuts as stimulus, prescription charges should be first to go.
Betting shops are blighting our high streets, and councils can’t take action
Carl Packman reports on Rowenna Davis’s campaign to allow councils the powers needed to ensure that high streets aren’t overrun by betting shops.