Currie v Jones: Do people go hungry in Britain?
Alex Hern reports on Edwina Curries shocking comments on poverty in Britain
Social Justice
Enough is Enough: Why young people deserve a decent pension
Adele Reynolds argues that the slashing of publish sector pensions should be a youth issue.
Mail and Telegraph race to see who can smear more disabled people
Declan Gaffney uncovers the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph’s latest smearing of disabled people, and asks whether the DWP had anything to do with them.
Cameron and Osborne want the unemployed to work for £1.78 an hour
Alex Hern reports on David Cameron and George Osborne’s savage undermining of the minimum wage.
We need a new approach to tackling fuel poverty
IPPR’s Matthew Lockwood argues fuel poverty needs to be tackled with well targeted, well funded measures – unlike those currently in use.
The devastating crisis hitting Britain’s young people
Rory Weal writes about the need for a job creation programme, the reinstatement of the Education Maintenance Allowance and the protection of youth services.
GOP: Bullying’s OK if God tells you to
We report the abhorrent political posturing of the Michigan republicans which has led to them wrecking an anti-bullying bill by allowing religiously-motivated abuse.
Why won’t the government walk the walk when it comes to unpaid internships?
Gus Baker, co-director of Intern Aware, writes about how the government needs to start acting on its harsh words on unpaid internships.
A toxic cloud over London 2012
Barry Gardiner MP calls for the London 2012 Olympic Games to drop Dow Chemical’s sponsorship until they accept responsibility for the Bhopal disaster.
Seek solutions to protests, not problems
Mike Morgan-Giles shows how the reaction to Occupy London is emblematic of the response to protest in the UK today.