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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.
Jenny Jones argues that by refusing to implement a Robin Hood tax, Boris Johnson is hurting Londoners to the tune of £1.2 billion every year
Alex Hern rebuts the FTs claim that the low growth the UK is experiencing is due to matters outside Osborne’s control.
Chris Huhne resigned today as energy and climate change secretary to fight charges he transferred speeding points to his then wife Vicky Price in 2003.
The more interesting section of Ed Miliband’s speech at the Thomson Reuters building is on potential reforms to the banking sector.
Ed Miliband will lay out his plans for a new era of responsibility at the top and outline his vision of “one nation banking” in a speech to Reuters today.
Daisy Hooper details the government’s failings in allowing small firms to bid for government contracts. The will is there, but the execution leaves much to be desired
Tony Dolphin lays out the plan for how to get small business involved in the future growth of the UK – and what they need to help
Alex Hern writes on the latest email dump from the hacktivist group Anonymous, featuring more revelations about racist Republican Ron Paul.
A 14-year-old girl from Maryland has told the state Senate it would be “the best birthday present ever” if legislators were to vote to outlaw gay marriage.
Alex Hern reports on the BBC Trust’s assessment of the validity of BBC 1Xtra’s censorship of the phrase “Free Palestine”.
