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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.
This Good Friday, this Easter, Ed Jacobs, a member of the Christian Socialist Movement, writes on the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams.
Shamik Das reports on Gabby Logan’s “Sexism in Football” BBC documentary.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is now turning his attention to the potentially key youth vote, having been focused on security and policing in recent weeks.
Dr Kim Allen, senior researcher for the Academies Commission, writes about the growing trend toward academisation in our schools.
Tess Lanning, research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, looks at what The Fixer Alex Polizzi can tell us of Labour’s approach to the economy.
An extnesion of State snooping and surveillance powers simply cannot be allowed to happen on the Lib Dems’ watch, says the Social Liberal Forum’s Prateek Buch.
Joseph Cottrell-Boyce of the Travellers Project at the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain, reacts to the coalition’s new planning policy for Gypsy and Traveller sites.
The Welsh government yesterday outlined plans for 12,000 new jobs for young people over the next three years, reports Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs.
David Cameron’s Right to Buy relaunch yesterday is economically irrational and won’t solve the nation’s deepening housing crisis, writes Kevin Gulliver.
Reversing the slide in support for international aid is critical to commitments being met; everyone engaged in the sector can play a part in making that happen.
