New poll: mass support for public ownership
Privatisation is unpopular, a failure, and being rejected across the Western world. That's the finding of a major report from the new campaign group 'We Own It', which calls for…
legal aid and judicial review exists to protect us all
Legal aid and judicial review exist to protect everyone, ensure that everyone has access to justice, is innocent til proven guilty, call out the state on, and overturn, bad decisions…
Caroline Lucas announces bill to bring railways back into public ownership
At the People's Assembly yesterday, Caroline Lucas announced that, this week, she will introduce a private members' bill to bring Britain's railways back into public ownership. Public ownership of the…
Home to Stay: a campaign for security of tenure
Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group (EPTAG) has launched a new campaign called Home To Stay. We’re calling on the Scottish Government to abolish the short assured tenancy, which forces thousands…
If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal
(Except where constitutions are involved) As recent debate about benefits in the UK has demonstrated, there is no agreement on what constitutes fairness or fair distribution in the UK. Now…
Legal aid reforms will create a two-tier justice system
By Adam Pogonowski Yet another example of the Tories’ determination to attack the worst off in our society is their proposed reforms to criminal legal aid. Legal aid has already…
Making the case for higher taxation
Last Thursday’s local elections covered all 27 of the English counties, in eight unitary authorities and one Welsh authority, as well as two mayoral elections in Doncaster and North Tyneside.…
Young people can criticise Thatcher as much as anyone
It’s fair to say the outrage against those celebrating Thatcher’s death has been simultaneously immense, orchestrated, and unsurprising. Much of it centres on the fact that, as an article in…
The one kind of immigration that's not so great
I spend a lot of my life arguing that immigration isn't an economic problem. Immigrants don't steal our jobs – with every pair of hands comes a mouth. The stuff…
The academic case for austerity crumbles… but it won't change anything
So, it turns out that one of the main academic papers used to justify the government's massive cuts is wrong. I mean, not in the 'some academics think it's wrong,…