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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Ed Jacobs looks ahead to next month’s Glasgow council elections, asking if Labour fail to win there on May 3rd, where will they win?
Jos Bell reports on the six Tory broken NHS promises, as Labour puts health at the forefront of their local elections campaign.
David Cameron’s latest attack on philanthropists has put another nail in the coffin of the Big Society, writes shadow Cabinet Office minister Gareth Thomas MP.
Is there really anything more to David Cameron and George Osborne’s benefits clampdown than punishing the already punished?
A new ComRes poll contains good news for advocates of mayors. 69% agreed that London was a ‘better city’ for having a mayor.
In a return to the 1980s, employment tribunal changes came into effect last week that attack workers’ rights and make it easy for bosses to fire staff at will.
A former SNP MSP, Bill Walker, has sparked fury after announcing he intends to continue sitting as an independent MSP despite allegations of domestic violence.
Is George Osborne joining other Tories who have lately voiced concerns about capitalism, indeed is he suggesting capitalism itself is “morally repugnant”?
Homelessness in 2012 London, still here, still shocking; Tola A. Ositelu interviews Mike Nicholas, communications manager for homeless charity Thames Reach.
In the second of our series of articles looking ahead to the May 2012 elections, Tom Harris and Harry Hayfield preview the Welsh local council elections.
