Why councillors should pledge for Palestine
Alexi Dimond makes the case for councillors pushing to ensure their councils aren’t complicit in Israel’s crimes
Almost one in ten MPs have called for David Lammy to intervene to ensure hunger strikers’ human rights are upheld
62 MPs have added their names
UK’s decision to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme is supported by majority of Britons, poll finds
The government says that up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year.
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‘Baloney’ – the Mail’s campaign against life saving MMR vaccine
MMR safe? Baloney, according to Melanie Phillips.
Ed Miliband should listen to Len McCluskey’s real message
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, has warned Ed Miliband of the need to keep Labour firmly on the left, in order to avoid defeat at the next general election. Specifically, Miliband has been advised by McCluskey to purge the shadow cabinet of its remaining Blairites, in the form of Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander, and Liam Byrne.
UK recovery slowest ever
George Osborne has dodged a second bullet in a week. After learning that borrowing had fallen by a modest £300 million on Tuesday compared to last year, today we found out that a triple dip has been averted with meagre growth of 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year.
UK GDP expands 0.3 per cent, economy continues to flatline
UK GDP grew by 0.3 per cent in the first three months of 2013, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Westminster must follow Holyrood’s lead on train fares
Rail fares and ticketing are unnecessarily expensive and complicated – it’s a mess that successive governments have ducked responsibility for sorting out. The Scottish government has now taken action, cutting fares and pledging to remove pricing anomalies. But will the same deal be extended to train users south of the border?
Putin launches ‘witch hunt’ against dissent
Repression, violation of human rights and legislation preventing freedom of expression have been the emblem of the regime of Vladimir Putin, Amnesty International has said in a new report.
Once again on Labour’s ‘out of control’ spending
Some things are worth repeating because they are that important and some things should be repeated because they were not heard, or listened to, the first time. Some fall under both categories.
David Cameron’s dodgy money
David Cameron was asked during PMQs today whether or not he would continue hosting dinners at Downing Street with a man named Ian Taylor. He was also urged to return the money Mr Taylor has donated to the Conservative Party.
Want more people to cycle? Then crack down on speeding motorists
A report by MPs and peers which came out yesterday called for a quarter of all journeys to be made by bicycle by 2050, saying a “fundamental cultural shift” is now needed in how we think about travel.
Coalition presides over shocking increase in number of people using food banks
The number of people using food banks to make end meet has skyrocketed this year, according to new figures released today by the Trussell Trust.