Look Left – Up to 10 million face starvation in Horn of Africa
Unless drastic action is taken, up to ten million people could starve to death in the Horn of Africa, with drought and war threatening millions with famine.
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Doctors prefer Wales to England as BMJ calls for Health Bill to be ditched
As the BMA gathers for its annual conference in Cardiff, a new survey has found that of 5,000 Welsh doctors questioned, 86% said they prefer working in Wales.
The race for Inverclyde
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs interviews the candidates ahead of Thursday’s Inverclyde by-election, caused by the tragic death of David Cairns.
Clegg’s silly share giveaway
George Irvin responds to Nick Clegg’s share giveaway idea for the bailed-out RBS and Lloyds.
Non-shock poll reveals teenagers put off by £9,000-a-year tuition fees
A poll has revealed almost half of teenagers are put off by the coalition’s £9,000-a-year tuition fees – despite the previous reassurances from government.
A price too high? The risks of not protecting nature are startling
The Natural Environment White Paper, ‘The Natural Choice’, does offer some hope for protecting UK wildlife, writes Friends of the Earth campaigner Paul de Zylva.
Academic super-group are more like intellectual mercenaries
Excellence for all students is what our higher education system should be about; not just for the scions of millionaires, oligarchs and aristocrats.
Another day, another Tory council planning to charge kids to play
Shamik Das reports on Tory-run Bexley council’s plans to charge kids to use a playground – following on from Tory Wandsworth’s plans to do the same last month.
Cameron, Clarke, Dorries, Willetts… The Tories keep screwing up on gender equality
Why is it that Conservatives have such a problem with gender equality and women’s issues? The last two months alone have featured a litany of misteps by Tories.
Look Left – Crisis at the IMF – but who will succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
The worlds of politics and economics were rocked this week by the arrest and indictment of the head of the International Monetary Fund on sexual assault charges.