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Oxford admissions row – Lammy: “It isn’t just about race”
David Lammy and Oona King hit the airwaves today to say the Oxford admissions debate should be about more than just race, reports Shamik Das.
Look Left – Will the government change course on the NHS?
The major political issue this week has been the debate over the coalition's health reforms, with Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Andrew Lansley seeking to reassure voters the NHS is safe in their hands.
Government rhetoric on transparency doesn’t match the reality
Left Foot Forward's Claire French compares the rhetoric of the government on transparency to the reality.
Health and Safety cuts: Criminal businesses let off the leash
Steve Tombs, Professor of Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, and David Whyte, Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, on the false justifications for Cameron's Health and Safety cuts.
Cameron’s rush to outsource threatens our public services
The Conservative-led government's 'Open public services' white paper is expected any day; it is a rush to outsource our public services on a scale that threatens the very notion of what is ‘public’, writes Unite's John Earls.
Look Left – Tripoli tyrant hangs on – but for how long?
The top story this week has been the events in Libya, with a defiant Colonel Gaddafi this evening vowing to "fight those who are against us", saying he wouldn't be taken alive.