The government have been forced into a humiliating climb down on legal aid
What was witnessed yesterday in the House of Commons is nothing short of a humiliating climb down by…
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Sex education, sex education, sex education
This country has a serious epidemic. Two women a week are killed by a current or former male…
Ed Miliband showed real leadership over Syria
I’m an internationalist. I have been one all my life. I came to the Labour Party as a…
Labour should hop on board High Speed Two
In, out, in, out, shake it all about: and no, this is not the hokey-cokey I’m talking about,…
Universal Credit: time to send in the rescue team
Universal Credit is in crisis. And Iain Duncan Smith has utterly lost control. Of that there is no…
Government U-turn on rip-off rate phone lines
It’s been an 18-month fight but this week the Department for Work and Pensions agreed to stop using…
Super Prisons: not that super
Yesterday saw the latest installment of the Secretary of State, Chris Grayling’s, criminal justice Jenga – this time,…
Why is Boris Johnson’s housing policy such a pig’s dinner?
By Tom Copley and Nicky Gavron, London Assembly members In the time-honoured fairy tale, the three little pigs…
Boris must apologise for grossly offensive Hitler remarks
Last night on Channel 4’s The Last Leg the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “Not even Hitler…
FAO Ray Collins: A modest proposal
Labour doesn’t have a funding crisis…yet. But the task of avoiding one as a result of the (Ray)…
