September 2011
Lib Dem MP tells Lords: How the NHS bill needs to be changed
Liberal Democrat Andrew George MP sets out where peers need to change the health and social care bill where it stands - making sure that remains a service where patient service is put ahead of private profit.
Without growth will we even halve the deficit?
The IMF downgrades to UK growth today is awful news for those who are hoping to cut the deficit, explains Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
Protestors shelled as Yemeni unrest enters third day of bloodshed
The uprisings in Yemen have entered a third day, and show no signs of getting any less bloody – in the early hours of this morning, two protestors were killed.
The Lib Dems shouldn’t listen to Osborne’s dribble, they should switch to Plan B now
More gloom on the economy today: The IMF have downgraded UK growth by 0.6 per cent to 1.1 per cent in 2011, and from 2.3 per cent to 1.6 per cent for 2012.
Latest high street gloom shows urgent need for new planning system
Reports today that the national high street vacancy rate might stabilise at around 10% in the long term are further evidence of the need for a new planning system.
Preventable killers are no longer just a western problem
Guppi Bola reports from the UN Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases summit.