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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.
Jos Bell reports from the House of Lords on the latest debates on the health and social care bill, asking where next for the Lib Dems?
The government’s cuts to legal aid came under renewed fire this week – with the opposition led by Conservative and Crossbench peers, reports Shamik Das.
As the Lib Dems gather for their spring conference, Lord Owen tonight called on the party to pause the third reading of the health and social care bill.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan calls on Secretary of State Ken Clarke to listen to the House of Lords and abandon his proposed legal aid cuts.
Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops by organisations like the Financial Services Authority will delay the economic recovery, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
The government today lost its appeal against keeping the NHS Risk Register secret, reports Shamik Das.
The Labour Party must to seize this opportunity presented by the police and crime commissioner elections with both hands, writes Rupert George of Release.
Jonny Mulligan of the Sound Off for Justice campaign reports on the latest House of Lords defeats for the government in the LASPO bill over legal aid cuts.
George Readings reports on No Woman’s Land, a book documenting the experiences of female journalists; it was launched today to mark International Women’s Day.
David Cameron’s new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy ignores women seeking asylum, writes the Refugee Council’s Anna Musgrave.
