November 2010
Public unaware of just how much those at the very top are paid
Today is the official launch of an independent inquiry into high pay. The aptly named High Pay Commission has been established by Compass and is supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. To mark the launch the commission conducted private polling with YouGov which had some remarkable results.
More immigration cap anger from small businesses
Fast-growing small businesses are the latest group to speak out against the immigration cap, saying the restrictions on hiring non-EU migrants are forcing them to turn away work because they are unable to hire the right people. The news follows twin criticisms of the cap last week from the prime minister's election speechwriter and the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee.
Limiting child access to cigarettes – Coalition must enforce health act
Our guest writer is Tom Yates, a working NHS doctor Last month, health minister Andrew Lansley said his Department would […]
Labour should campaign on AV
Andy Burnham says "It would be a recipe for chaos and confusion if Labour candidates were also supporting AV in their literature." He's wrong - the party should campaign for AV.
The new austerity of the Big Society
The Big Society is the social policy that makes the economic policy of deficit reduction possible. The government could not have taken its axe to the public sector with such ruthless confidence without a story to tell about what will fill the gaps left by a retreating state. The Big Society is that story.
Lord Lawson cherry picks data to spread climate change denial
At an International Policy Network seminar this week, Lord Giddens and Lord Lawson, chairman of the climate change-sceptics Global Warming Policy Foundation, once more rolled out the familiar climate change sceptic argument that there has been no global warming so far this century.