Clegg’s silly share giveaway
George Irvin responds to Nick Clegg’s share giveaway idea for the bailed-out RBS and Lloyds.
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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.
Look Left – One week on from the referendum, one year on from the coalition
This week saw the first anniversary of the coalition government, and the now infamous Rose Garden love in between Nick Clegg and David Cameron.
Priced out of the playground: Tory Wandsworth to charge kids to play
Conservative-controlled Wandsworth council is planning to charge children £2.50 each to use Battersea Park adventure playground at weekends, reports Shamik Das.
A year on, what do Liberal Democrats make of the coalition?
Liberal Democrat party member, Dr Prateek Buch, gives his thoughts on a year in the coalition government and what the future holds for the party.