September 2011
Guido swallows Tory MP’s NHS spin
Right wing blogger Guido Fawkes appears to have swallowed hook, line and sinker Tory MP Stephen Phillips’s spin on the NHS and attacks on 38 Degrees.
Economic update – September 2011
IPPR’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
The carpetbaggers have their eyes on free schools
We should be very suspicious Nick Clegg used the phrase “profits” in the context of free schools yesterday, writes Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
Gove’s ‘for-profit’ free schools lust overlooks warning signs from US
Michael Gove’s lack of concern that free schools may be operated by for-profit companies indicates his willingness to overlook the warning signs from the US.
IFS questions Osborne’s “short sighted” failure to invest in science and skills
The Institute for Fiscal Studies today urged the government to invest rapidly in skills and science, to avoid falling further behind rising economies like China.
Liberal intervention won’t always be a ‘West only’ business
Luke Bozier responds to Shashank Joshi's Telegraph article last week in which he outlined why he thinks Libya could be the last ever Western-style intervention.