Tuition fees: How the left has responded to Keir Starmer’s U-turn
The Labour leader has said the party will ‘move on’ from a commitment to abolish tuition fees
Search Results for Free schools
Public want an end to strip searches on children, poll finds
81% are also concerned about police officers abusing their power
Protecting the right not to vote: The scourge of voter ID
In disenfranchising people on lower incomes, younger generations and ethnic minorities, what looks to be the latest Tory ruse to drain the Labour vote, could easily backfire for the government.
How important will the socially conservative voter be in winning the next election?
Will chasing the same narrow economically left but culturally right constituent pay off for Labour? Or will those who are pushed too far, take their vote to a smaller party jostling for space in the straightjacket of the two-party system, or just not vote at all?
Whose responsibility is it to engage citizens in democracy?
‘All the evidence seems to suggest that the UK Government believes it has very little responsibility in encouraging citizens to vote.’
Paul Nowak: We can end the Tory ‘doom loop’ of economic stagnation by investing in public services
‘Cuts have consequences – but so does investment.’
A Tory witch hunt for MPs held responsible for ousting Johnson?
Has a purge of the Tory ‘moderates’ begun, and how will the Brexit ultras respond to Sunak’s post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal?
Families deserve better than Family Hubs
Family Hubs aren’t Sure Start, and we should be bold enough to call out their inadequacies.
The rise of the fake (right-wing) journalist
Matt Hancock has proven yet again to be the scapegoat, but it’s those turning the right-wing media cog who are arguably the bigger villains.
Paul Nowak: ‘Unions will stand firm in our defence of the right to strike for every worker’
‘The right to strike is a fundamental British freedom. Strikes are what won workers the 8-hour working day and equal pay for women.’