Our communities need thriving small businesses
St Helens in Merseyside is a community that could do with more bright spots, like so many around the UK, particularly in the North of England. As with so many…
The end of fracking is a crucial step forward in the battle against fossil fuels
Yesterday, tens of thousands of people who’ve contributed to the anti-fracking struggle had cause to celebrate. They woke to the news that their efforts had contributed to a big step…
Why the Green Party is calling for free bus travel for everyone
The Times’s Matt Chorley wrote his Red Box column for today before reports started to came out from Green Party conference - including the new plan for free bus travel…
Environment-trashing “game” meat has no place in England’s food strategy
Image credit: Gary Noon, Creative Commons Sometimes you see media campaigns and policy stances so ill-conceived, so clearly counterproductive, that you have to wonder what the person who came up…