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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.
Reema Patel details why Britain needs to reform how we care for the elderly in the UK – but explains why it won’t be easy.
The hate of the hard Right, bigotry-based commentariat was on ugly display again this week – and this time, it was Britain’s disabled people in their sights.
The government has the power to do exactly what it says it can’t, and stop Stephen Hester, the director of the failed RBS bank, getting a million pound bonus.
The US economy grew by 1.7% in 2011 compared to 0.9% in the UK – almost twice as fast. The new figures put to bed Treasury spin that the two economies were on the same course.
Alex Hern reports on the support Lord Mandelson has given to the idea of a national investment bank, as called for by a new IPPR pamphlet
With almost 70 million children of primary school age not in school – a figure set to rise by 2015 – urgent action is required, Gordon Brown said this week.
Alex Hern explains why the phrasing of the question to be asked in the Scottish referendum should be concerning for anyone who wants a fair vote.
Shamik Das reports on RBS chief Stephen Hester’s obscene bonus and pay packages – which could see him receive seven million pounds for 2011.
Tony Burke looks at the state of the unions following the State of the Union address, where Obama called for America to reclaim the lead in manufacturing.
Cormac Hollingsworth reveals the government’s two-faced attitude to pensions; gold-plate the private sector ones, while cutting those of the public sector.
