In unscripted remarks, the UK Prime Minister revealed his true agenda: he wants to turn our universal health care system into “a fantastic business”. Not patient choice but choice of patient will be the order of the day.
In 1987 college professor and successful San Francisco sculptor Stephen Dubov was sentenced in US Federal court to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the possession of 13 kilos of cocaine. Dubov claimed he was innocent, and had been set up. What follows is the awe-inspiring st
Persistent undermining of medical evidence that children are being harmed. Officials misleading ministers over a case of child sex abuse. Clare Sambrook’s evidence to the House of Lords suggests our democracy is in serious trouble.
A review of UNPROVOKED, a new play about girl-on-girl knife crime in London.
The UK government says it wants to end abuse against women and girls but at the same time it is cutting vital funding to organisations in the front line. In London last weekend, the FEM 11 conference called for a new political strategy and for better funding of women’s services. Ray Filar was ther
The plight of young carers in Britain is described by a benefits adviser at Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau.
A new play at the Roundhouse tackles girl-on-girl knife crime.
On the eve of Remembrance Day members of parliament urge the UK government to stop sending under 18-year-olds to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In this fascinating and detailed interview the Institute for Policy Studies' Sanho Tree gives us the history of the "Drug" trade, the evolution of the Drug War, and the present day consequences of these policies.