It’s that time of year again – the ‘big six’ energy companies have started announcing inflation busting price hikes, to hit just as the cold winter months set in. Today, British Gas announced a hike of nine per cent, following...
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Afghan women have experienced fairly obvious gains over the past twelve years. This has been possible due to the continuous efforts of women from various spheres of life, along with the Government of Afghanistan and its international allies, creating an...
Ninety-nine years ago this weekend Britain entered the First World War. Through 2014’s commemorative platform of events, next year will see a collective discussion of that conflict arguably not seen since the publication of the ex-servicemen novels and biographies in...
The political pressure for Labour to accept George Osborne’s spending envelope will be intense. In a new essay from the forthcoming Fabian Review magazine, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Andrew Harrop, explains why its crucial Labour should resist the political pressure...
Shortly after the Labour party conference in October, Ed Miliband gave a speech about a ‘one nation’ approach to mental health.
He talked of mental health as a challenge that affects us all, no matter who we are. Given that one...
Childcare is back on the political agenda. In part this is because although Labour diminished the inequalities which entrenched during 18 years of Conservative rule (see figure 1), the party’s commitment to reduce child poverty by half was unfulfilled. Equally,...