Social mobility requires more than funneling state schoolers into the professions
By Jake Hayman / @JakeHayman This article has been amended slightly from the original. Yesterday the Milburn Commission…
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Why sink to the personality politics of the playground?
By Paul Burgin / @paul_burgin It’s not often I read the comments page on a blog entry and…
80,000 people in our jails at £40,000 a head – we cannot carry on like this
By Stephen Gummer Monday 20th July saw the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Local Government Group’s report…
Co-ownership: A new approach to housing
The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column Only in Scottish law is there to be found a pragmatic but…
Osborne’s FSA plans lift lid on Tory links to city
By Shamik Das / @ShamikDas George Osborne’s widely-trailed plans to abolish the Financial Services Authority, unveiled on Monday,…
“I was completely unsurprised by the expenses scandal”: The Tony Wright interview
Tony Wright is the Labour MP for Cannock Chase and is currently heading up the Commission on Parliamentary…
Turn Left: A Review of the Open Left launch
By Laurie Penny / @PennyRed There are only so many ways round you can ask ‘what does it…
Campaigning with Labour Students for Chris Ostrowski in Norwich North
From @LabourList Last weekend, Labour Students travelled to Norwich North in their coachloads to campaign for Chris Ostrowski.…
Why am I on the Left?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After the James Purnell webchat on LabourList this morning, I went over to…
BREAKING: Labour’s candidate in Norwich North hospitalised with Swine Flu
From @LabourList The BBC is reporting that Chris Ostrowski, Labour’s candidate for Thursday’s Norwich North by-election, has been…
