Category Archives: Good Society

Taking control of the economic debate: Why Labour should commit to a mass house building programme and a living wage

By Guest | Published: May 24, 2013

Labour should challenge the Tories to match pledges on house building and the living wage. We will see then if they really are on the side of those who want to work hard and ‘get on’.

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The tweet that sums up the English Defence League

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 23, 2013

The tweet that sums up the English Defence League

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A reply to Nick Pearce: Why Labour must stick to child poverty targets

By Guest | Published: May 22, 2013

First, for the last 30 years, poverty in the UK has hovered close to the one-in-five mark, mostly a little below, but sometimes a little above, but a rate almost double the level of the 1970s and much higher than the average amongst other rich nations.

This has been driven by a sustained widening in the gap between top and bottom along with the erosion of life chances.

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Green Party accused of ‘acting as agents’ for the Tories

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 22, 2013

Brighton and Hove’s Green-led council has been accused of “acting as agents for the Tory-led coalition” after a letter emerged which appears to contradict the council’s pledge to not evict council tenants who are unable to pay the ‘bedroom tax’.

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Measures must be introduced to curb the spread of acid attacks on young women

By Claudia Tomlinson | Published: May 21, 2013

Politicians need to decide whether new legislation is required to deal with this crime before it spreads.

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The coalition has already abandoned the Child Poverty Act

By Guest | Published: May 21, 2013

Yesterday on the pages of this blog, Stewart Lansley claimed that I had “hurled a hand grenade” into the poverty debate by urging Labour to rethink its approach to child poverty. Leaving aside the hyperbole of that statement, Lansley’s case seems to be that my intervention “chimes with the line being taken by the coalition” in its attempts to redefine child poverty and its causes. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Hannes Swoboda and Mojca Kleva Kekus take your questions on tax justice

By Left Foot Forward | Published: May 21, 2013

Live chat, 21 May 2013. 12.30PM

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In place of fear: It’s time to tackle alarming health inequalities

By Guest | Published: May 21, 2013

In Place of Fear, the title of Aneurin Bevan’s book published on the 10th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, is synonymous with all that the welfare state stood for and what it sought to achieve. In 2013, as the principles of Bevan and Beveridge are being killed off, the belief that inequalities should narrow is also under attack.

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Blacklisted workers deserve a larger audience than is currently being granted

By John Millington | Published: May 21, 2013

The image of union activist George Tapp lying on a Manchester road with two broken legs and blood pouring from his head following a vicious hit and run during an anti-blacklist demonstration last week has shocked many.

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Gay marriage: A stronger society isn’t just about marriage, it’s about plurality

By Chris Creegan | Published: May 20, 2013

If there is a genuine issue of conscience here for supporters of equality it’s surely that they do whatever will secure real change sooner rather than later. That must be to leave Loughton and his wreckers to their own devices.

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