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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.
Who’ll be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats? Will Vince Cable, Chris Huhne, Sarah Teather or Lembit Opik succeed Nick Clegg?
Labour should back the scrapping of Trident, writes Toby Fenwick, author of the CentreForum report “Dropping the bomb: a post Trident future”.
At the end of Fairtrade Fortnight, shadow international development minister Tony Cunningham writes about the moral, and economic, importance of fair trade.
Scotland’s battle with the bottle took an historic step forward yesterday as MSPs gave initial approval for the SNP’s plans for a minimum price for alcohol.
Mike Morgan-Giles reports on government plans for ‘secret courts’, and the use of secret evidence, on the grounds of “national security”.
Jos Bell reports on this week’s House of Commons and House of Lords debates on the health and social care bill.
Nicolas Sarkozy is set to take the lead in the first round of the French presidential elections 28.5% to Francois Hollande’s 27%, new polling revealed today.
We should be cautious and wait a couple of months before we conclude the labour market is definitely on the mend, writes Richard Exell.
On Europe, Nick Clegg is less in tune with his own voters than the Tories, a new YouGov poll reveals.
Cllr Sanchia Alasia reports on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s anti-Schengen, pro-protectionism speech last week, as the French election campaign hots up.
