Who are Reform’s biggest donors?
Reform UK’s donors this quarter include crypto investor Christopher Harborne, the owner of the Daily Mail’s wife and Sotheby’s
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UK GDP down 0.3 per cent
UK GDP fell by 0.3 per cent between the third and fourth quarters of 2012, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Trident: one good cut the government could make
When the money spent on Trident could be used to quadruple our investment in renewable energy, or scrap tuition fees for 30 years, or fully fund all A&E services in hospitals for 40 years – this is one good cut that the government can make.
Ending the race to the bottom on immigration
Over the last five days the leaders of three political parties have made speeches about immigration. Cameron’s latest speech suggests that there is now a race to the bottom on immigration.
The nuclear club: who’s in and who’s out
With North Korea in mind, Left Foot Forward has taken a look around the world at who’s in and who’s out of the WMD club.
Don’t blame NHS strain on foreigners: try other government departments first
Before rushing to blame foreign visitors for putting a strain on the health service with some rather dubious statistics, perhaps the prime minister and his health secretary would do well to examine the policies of other departments of government that are both costing the NHS money and preventing NHS staff from doing what they are qualified to do.
State school pupils missing out on top university places
State school students are less likely to apply and 20 per cent less likely to be accepted into Britain’s leading Universities than their private school counterparts, according to a new study by Durham University.
The media’s role in the death of Lucy Meadows
Lucy Meadows, a transsexual woman formerly called Nathan Upton, committed suicide earlier this month, the victim of a media witch-hunt. In December, Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn published an attack on her that aimed to hound her out of her job as a primary school teacher.
Video: Larry Summers nails austerity on Newsnight
Larry Summers nails austerity on Newsnight
Boris Johnson: fears of a clown
The press needs to focus less on Boris the man and more on Boris the Mayor.
If Boris’s case proves anything it is that clownery, like charisma, can prove all too neat a distraction from a politician’s record in office and their policies. This is a dangerous trap for the media and the electorate to fall into.
Why we need a political campaign to reinstate the NHS
By removing the mandate on government to provide a health service, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is the crowning achievement of the architects of this long recessional from universality. Our response must be political too.