Cameron needs to start backing our young people and universities
The number of jobless 16 to 24-year-olds has risen by 52,000, to 1.04 million, which is the highest number since records began in 1992, writes UCU’s Sally Hunt.
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Cameron must speak out against Canada’s anti-gay marriage ruling
James Hallwood writes about Canada’s awful legal ruling, which retrospectively annulled thousands of marriages, and calls on Cameron to fight it.
Manufacturing’s recovery ends before it starts
Tony Burke presents the bad news about UK manufacturing, and asks what the government is doing to improve the situation.
“Delivering fairness in difficult times”: Miliband outlines the “new reality”
Ed Miliband will today warn only Labour can deliver fairness in straitened times, and that whoever wins the next election will have to deal with a big deficit.
SNP: Cam’s “economic uncertainty” argument is nonsense; we’ll stick to our timetable
Humza Yousaf MSP (SNP, Glasgow), Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, makes the case for Scottish independence.
It’s the Big Society that’s being hit by the government’s economics
The Coalition wanted to end the Big State, and bring in the Big Society. We are ending up with neither, as charities shed more jobs than the public sector.
Three things Cameron should do if he’s serious about high pay
Duncan Exley argues that Cameron’s plans for high pay are in the right direction, but far weaker than they should be. Exley shows how he ignores the best ways to deal with the problem.
Safe in their hands? Lansley, Cameron and the NHS in 2012
You know someone’s true feelings when they highlight failings whenever they can, yet play down any success – so it is with the coalition and the NHS in 2012.
Top videos of 2011: #8: Cringe at the PM’s terrible impressions
We continue the countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with David Cameron’s terrible (terrible (TERRIBLE)) Australian accent.
Top videos of 2011: #9: Calm down dear leader, calm down
We continue our countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with David Cameron’s “calm down dear” comments in the House.