Home

Clegg reforms will disenfranchise poor: 8 in the morning – July 20th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* A rush to boundary changes will disenfranchise the poor and minority voters, says Tristram Hunt MP.

* Polly Toynbee warns of “tax-funded madrasas” in the Guardian…

* Is the Big Society too nebulous a concept?

* “But what if the big society doesn’t work?” asks Steve Richards in the Indie.

* Left Foot Forward explores the links between climate change deniers and the BNP.

* Ed Balls writes about yesterday’s “Save our Schools” rally.

* The refusal of a loan to Sheffield Forgemasters – the source of much controversy last month – has been contested…

* And mortgage help introduced by Labour “will stay”.

Subscribe to our daily email

More from LabourList

DONATE HERE

Proper journalism comes at a cost.

LabourList relies on donations from readers like you to continue our news, analysis and daily newsletter briefing. 

We don’t have party funding or billionaire owners. 

If you value what we do, set up a regular donation today.

DONATE HERE