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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.
Employment minister Chris Grayling says goverenment is not going to means test benefits for those never able to work – but that’s exactly waht they intend to do.
Sara Ibrahim presents a preview of the Young Fabians breakout session at the Fabian Society New Year Conference tomorrow.
Marcus Roberts looks at what happens when the ‘political reality’ prevents you from doing what is actually best
James Hallwood writes about Canada’s awful legal ruling, which retrospectively annulled thousands of marriages, and calls on Cameron to fight it.
Ben Baumberg writes about where Labour can move on from the ‘benefit scrounger’ argument.
Westminster fashionable talk dictates that we need to rebalance the economy towards manufacturing. But manufacturing is declining as a proportion of the world economy.
Alex Hern presents the clash between disability campaigner Sue Marsh and employment minister Chris Grayling from last night’s Newsnight.
Alex Hern covers the continuing deceit of Wonga over their targeting of students for their payday loans
Alex Hern reports on Richard “Dirty” Desmond’s testimony at the Leveson enquiry.
Labour have criticised Boris Johnson’s delay in approving plans for an east London river crossing, calling the wait “four years longer than it should have been”.
