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Cameron appoints ‘modern-day Norman Tebbit’ to Number 10 Policy Board
Priti Patel has joined the Number 10 Policy Board. Why does this matter? Well, because…
Improving social mobility starts with reducing inequality
The one thing that could significantly improve social mobility is the one thing politicians are no longer interested in: reducing inequality.
Labour’s payday lenders policy is a welcome move from neo-liberal to relational finance
Ed Miliband will today propose payday lending companies be forced to pay a levy in order to support credit union alternatives and free debt advice.
Labour must support the drive to help Africa produce its own vaccines
Labour could show its committment to global social justice by supporting Africa’s drive to produce its own vaccines.
Prisoners are being unlawfully denied their right to vote
People are sent to prison to lose their liberty; not their identity.
Today’s jobs figures: this doesn’t feel like a recovery
Today’s labour market statistics show that for most people this doesn’t feel like a recovery.
Food banks and five statistics that shame the Coalition
Food banks are simply one indication that the government is presiding over a shocking increase in poverty and deprivation. There are many more.
Unemployment down 18,000 to 2.49 million
Unemployment decreased by 18,000 between June 2013 and August 2013 to 2.49 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.7 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Number using food banks triples in a year
The number of people using food banks to make end meet has tripled this year, according to new figures released today by the Trussell Trust.
Investing in early action is fiscally responsible as well as socially just
A government that looked at least ten years ahead would surely operate differently, investing more now and saving more later.