In an important new paper from the Centre for Wefare Reform (http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org), leading independent disability campaigner Kaliya Franklin, part of the Spartacus network, carefully analyses how government policy has undermined the objectivity of...
When the government speaks of ‘recovery’ (which may well turn out to be a bubble largely supported by consumer spending, inflated house prices and private credit), it is worth asking, ‘what is being recovered by whom?’ When the government...
On Sunday 8 December 2013 I am happy to be joining some 700 people in Glasgow for a celebratory Common Weal launch event, hosted by the pioneering Jimmy Reid Foundation. On Sunday 8 December 2013 I am happy to be joining some 700 people in Glasgow for a celebratory...
A Church of England working party report on sexuality suggests that clergy be allowed to hold public services to mark same-sex partnerships. Some critics have complained that allowing too much flexibility might seem to affirm what the church still officially regards...
After the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, the BBC’s Business Editor, Robert Peston, made an extraordinarily political statement which went unchallenged. After the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, the BBC’s Business Editor, Robert...
