by Chris Elmore MP | Dec 20, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
The Conservatives’ lack of clarity on Brexit is frustrating business, and shows they cannot be trusted on the economy Periods of uncertainty and market fluctuations are an inevitable course for every business. The unease we are seeing at the moment is not...
by Linda Thomas | Dec 19, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
A six per cent increase in council tax hurts those who are just about managing the most, writes deputy leader of Bolton council Linda Thomas Although the latest announcement now acknowledges the crisis that they denied in the autumn statement, the government’s...
by Seb Dance MEP | Dec 19, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour must not duck the big questions on immigration, but it cannot that pretend there are easy answers on Brexit either, argues Seb Dance MEP I have consistently questioned the decision of some of my Labour colleagues to make ending freedom of movement a red line in...
by Richard Angell | Dec 16, 2016 | The Last Word
Theresa May gave the world a glimpse of what Brexit Britain, certainly under her lack of vision, would look like. Alone with no one to talk to at the latest European Union summit she looked awkward and in desperate need of friends. No longer the new kid on the block –...
by Abdiwali Duale | Dec 16, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
‘Save Aleppo, save Aleppo, save Aleppo’, were the words being chanted, as hundreds of people gathered – myself included – in front of 10 Downing Street in the mildly foggy weather. As small drops of rain trickled down from the sky, one of the guest speakers...
by Ben Dilks | Dec 16, 2016 | Section: Progress Magazine, Tanked Up
It has already become a cliché to say historians will spend years poring over Britain’s shock Brexit vote. While there will inevitably be a huge amount of debate over the various causes and eventual consequences, few contest the magnitude of the result. The immediate...
by Karin Smyth MP | Dec 15, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
Britain’s social care system needs a strategic, long-term solution, not a quick fix, argues Karin Smyth MP This week the government announced it is allowing councils to increase the precept in order to help fund social care, as well as moving a pot of money from...
by Natacha Kennedy | Dec 15, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
Gendered violence is a major killer of trans people, but it’s not the only one, writes Natacha Kennedy Anti-trans activists have been campaigning against trans people’s human rights since the 1970s, and one of them infamously called for trans people to be...
by Alex White | Dec 15, 2016 | Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
Gordon Brown and David Cameron both complained about the way political cartoonists depicted them (they said they were drawn too fat). But after a tumultuous year in British politics, it is Winston Churchill’s take on political cartoons which remains the most sound:...
by Amina Lone | Dec 14, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive
Witnessing the predictable hysteria surrounding the Casey review has been a curious activity. I expected the report to be called Islamaphobic but to label it as racist surprised even me. Banal accusations of racism and discrimination weaken real acts of hate and...
