Democratic states want to prove their success to their citizens and one way to do this is to incorporate the feedback from them about their 'wellbeing'. Is personalised government about making citizens happy or pleasing the state?
One might consider it "extreme" to force some of the poorest, most desperate people in our society to pay for an economic crisis provoked by the greed of the ultra-rich, but apparently that term is reserved for those who oppose such policies.
Despite the deluge of coverage in England about the fate if its National Health Service there is a lack of alertness from journalists and opposition MPs about what is actually being proposed, changed or staying the same. Professor Wendy Savage exposes deceit in the government’s revisions to the He
Another account of the Yes to AV referendum campaign calls for lessons to be learned. Will they be?
If we are living in an age of gender equality, why are women still left holding the baby? "Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality" is bold enough to ask this question, and propose a set of solutions
The Coalition has agreed to modify the NHS bill, based on recommendations made during the "listening exercise". We must not accept the bill due to these minor tweaks, which simply present a few more bumps on the road to privatisation
Blue Labour is not a vision of how the world should be, nor is it nostalgic. Through recognising the importance of relationships to human existence, over and above abstract values, it is describing the way people live their lives
