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
UK governments talk loudly about controlling immigration but seem unable even to count in who visits Britain. Now, it seems, private incomers have been waived through in advance. Who were they?
Reflections on Jeremy Paxman's book, 'Empire: What ruling the world did to the British'.
The plight of young carers in Britain is described by a benefits adviser at Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau.
Britain is a democracy, with freedom of speech and the right to protest. There is no need to be 'disruptive' and uncivilized' in order to make your voice heard. What a comforting myth!
The referendum on Scottish independence is now inevitable, but will the UK Government initiate a poll?
A new play at the Roundhouse tackles girl-on-girl knife crime.
As Britain publishes its first 'national wellbeing indicators', OurKingdom wraps up our debate on happiness. Here, the editor of the debate looks back on the series of articles inspired by the growing interest in happiness shown by politicians, economists, statisticians and psychologists.
Britain once feared the 'excessive desires' of the 'undeserving poor'. Today, the myth of a socially mobile UK is built on the promise that everyone can reach the stars: the production of irrational hope and the canny management of disappointment.
Decades of work by JRCT advancing democracy and social justice has changed the face of Britain. We explore what is distinctive about the trust, at a time when its second secretary is bidding farewell.
The coalition's misrepresentation of the mutual model is mere spin in aid of ‘Trojan horse privatisation’. It not only enables private sector entry into healthcare via the back door but also endangers real co-operatives and mutuals.
