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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.
Alex Hern reports on the launch of “Vision for a 21st-Century Library” by the shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis Labour culture team.
Paul Krugman has attacked the “austerity debacle” taking place in Britain, pointing out the UK is “nowhere close” to regaining ground lost during the recession.
Sally Hunt examines UCAS’s latest round of figures for university applications, and asks what they mean for the future of British higher education
Alex Hern counters Guido Fawke’s spin that stopping Hester’s bonus cost the taxpayer £320 million.
Alex Hern reports on the changes to ‘no-win no-fee’ arrangements set to be made law today, and how insurance companies’ million-pound donations to the Conservatives may have helped.
Tony Burke reviews the state of the American union movement as they recover from the great recession.
In Glasgow today, Ed Miliband will seek to go beyond the process-driven debate over independence for Scotland, seeking to make a positive case for the Union.
Chris Tarquini rounds up this weeks biggest stories from the other 192 nations in the world.
Tola Ositelu argues that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee should hearken back to the original Jubilees of biblical days.
Ed Jacobs presents his weekly round up of what’s been going on in the rest of the British Isles. This week, Alex Salmond continues to dominate.
