The terror watchdog that failed to bark - Britain's secret justice legislation

Jo Shaw 29 April 2013

Why did the terror watchdog with 'unrestricted access' appear to have only limited access to the security files on the government's secret justice bill, now shamefully going through parliament?

Britain's 'tough choices': a call for a new approach to welfare

Deborah Padfield 26 April 2013

At the Citizens Advice Bureau the real Thatcher legacy can be seen every day: social disengagement, indifference and injustice. It is Thatcherism that needs burying.

Plans for regional banks are a radical leap for Britain

Toby Perkins 26 April 2013

A Labour MP sets out why his party's plan to establish a network of regional banks is a step towards a fundamental reshaping of the UK economy.

History according to Gove: what is England teaching its children?

Joseph Richardson 25 April 2013

Michael Gove's plans for the history curriculum have sparked a war over what should be taught to English children. Criticised as 'shallow' and 'patriotic', praised as taking on the 'left-wing bias' of previous teaching, this is a battle not only over British history, but its present and future.

The Peace of Ultrecht: why Britain is forgetting

Andrew C. Thompson 25 April 2013

Three hundred years ago, Britain signed a peace treaty that concluded a quarter of a century of warfare, cemented her place as a world power and secured the constitutional monarchy. That the UK doesn't commemorate this speaks volumes about its relationship to Europe.

Who governs in Britain’s new corporate state?

Stephen Wilks 25 April 2013

This month sees the launch of Stephen Wilks’ new book The Political Power of the Business Corporation. Here he discusses the causes and consequences of business corporations entering government, explaining that, with this privilege, must come accountability.

Healthcare coup: the Lords didn't save us the first time

Andrew Robertson 24 April 2013

Today the Lords will likely vote through the Coalition's disastrous privatisation regulations, section 75, opening nearly all NHS services to competition - a health market. Why, considering their extensive conflicts of interest, are many of these Lords not barred from voting?

The Alaska Model: a citizen's income in practice

Karl Widerquist 24 April 2013

The idea of a basic income for all citizens is often seen as a utopian dream. But 'the Alaska Dividend' has existed for more than thirty years, and is immensely popular to this day.

Interview with Louise Irvine, part 2

Caroline Molloy 24 April 2013

Louise Irvine, a GP and chair of Save Lewisham Hospital, speaks to Caroline Molloy about the regulations about to be voted on in the Lords which enforce competition on nearly the whole NHS, and the wider impact of last year's bitterly opposed reforms (see part 1, here).

Dr Paul “for profit” Offit, measles and the BBC

Mel Kelly 24 April 2013

While parents in Wales worry about their children’s health during a measles outbreak, an American “measles expert” is given masses of publicity by the BBC and other British media outlets with his claims the MMR vaccine jab should be made compulsory in Britain. Who is Dr Offit?

G4S feels the heat of international boycott campaign

Adri Nieuwhof 24 April 2013

Reputational risk rises for the world's biggest security company over Israeli government contracts. 

A 14 year old black boy on his way home from youth choir. . .

Justin Baidoo-Hackman 23 April 2013

Twenty years after Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racist thugs, a reflection on racism in Britain.

Recruiting British soldiers at 16 isn't just morally wrong. It's bad economics

Michael Bartlet 23 April 2013

The Ministry of Defence wastes £94 million every year training minors for army roles which could be filled more cost-effectively by adult recruits, says a new report launched today by human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch.

Reclaim St George for all English, say leading faith figures

OurKingdom 23 April 2013

A statement from faith groups and campaigners across England, to take back the patron saint from racists and extremists.

Marie Curie speaks out on government's privatisation regulations

Scott Sinclair 22 April 2013

Late last week, leading charities became the latest organisations to come out against the Coalition's privatisation regulations. Ahead of the Lords vote on Wednesday, Scott Sinclair from Marie Curie sets out why they are against the government's regulations.

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