August 2011
BRICS need to step up to the international plate
Following their failure to join the liberation of Libya, it is time for the BRICS to step up to the level they're so often talked about being on, writes Luke Bozier.
Osborne’s Swiss tax deal castrates international tax avoidance clampdowns
George Osborne’s Swiss tax deal is allowing these individuals to buy their anonymity - but the question remains, why would they want to be anonymous?
Yet again the detractors seek to undermine GCSE results
It does seem quite extraordinary that this year’s outstanding GCSE results were greeted as being symptomatic of exams that are too easy and which need to be reformed.
India now has a unique opportunity to end corruption
Anna Hazare hunger strike: we must have confidence India will once more respond to the Gandhian call of satyagraha and listen to the moral force of peaceful protest.
Ex-Cabinet Office chief economist: slower cuts are “common sense”
Think tank boss, Jonathan Portes - who resigned recently as chief economist of the coalition's cabinet office - says a longer deficit reduction period "is not only feasible, but sensible and prudent".
New report justifies aid to India and other Middle Income Countries
With aid, we are helping ensure that some of the poorest people in the world have access to basic necessities; it is crucial we continue to do so into the future.