When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat
Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence, immigration narratives & the media. Can we reverse this fall?
Politics is full of scrutiny, but once in a while positive recognition doesn’t go amiss
Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone reflects on securing Pride in Place funding for his constituency
Why has devolution ground to a halt?
That’s a hammer blow to plans to deliver growth and to get power out of Whitehall and back into local communities.
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Productivity figures sink government hopes of an economic revival
In 2014 the UK was 24 per cent less productive than Germany
A busy week at the Department for Work and Pensions
Well done IDS
Breathing new life into Welsh politics
With the Wales Bill making its way through Westminster, the Electoral Reform Society has a challenge for the parties
Majority of NHS trusts report declining care standards
53 per cent of NHS trust finance directors believe quality of care in their local areas has declined in the last year, according to new figures
The length of this period of economic stagnation is almost unprecedented
The only era remotely comparable is the 1920s, covering the economic chaos at the end of the war and the disastrous return to the gold standard
Cameron needs some basic lessons in diplomacy
The PM has turned the EU negotiations into a one man show
Sun and Daily Mail blast refugee family for living in a standard house
The family of eight has been relocated into a four-bedroom council house, worth £1.3m
Why it’s time for a universal basic income in Britain
Our welfare system must promote employment as well as providing a safety net
We’re better off in the EU, but not because of Cameron’s deal
Being in the EU is valuable, no matter what deal is made for the benefit of Tory backbenchers
The Tories are making it harder than ever to house the homeless
The Labour Campaign to End Homelessness aims to install a homeless people’s champion at every Labour-run local authority