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Speaking at the G20 in South Korea, David Cameron said of yesterday’s student protests: “People long in our history have gone to marches and held banners and made protests and made speeches and that’s part of our democracy. That is … Continue reading →

More than a million women are now officially out of work as public sector spending cuts start to kick in – the highest since Thatcher was in Downing Street back in 1988. The headline figures for the last quarter indicated … Continue reading →

Channel 4 has just shown a brilliant report detailing how communities in the north have been left high and dry and derelict on the back of condem spending cuts. A 15 year “Pathfinder” programme to regenerate housing  has been canned, … Continue reading →

Plans to regenerate Orchard Park housing estate in Hull have been kicked into touch as the harsh realities of the CSR start to bite. This is happening across the North, but if you’ve ever been to Orchard Park you’d know … Continue reading →

In the Red Ken Maddock is planning to do away with Somerset’s art funding budget. You can help keep the arts alive by signing the petition below. 5000 signatures required by Dec 16th to force a full debate at the … Continue reading →

The oh-so-smug Michael Gove doesn’t appear to know when to give it a rest. His latest announcement will see 439 more schools redefined as failing. All very well seeking to ensure more kids achieve five A-C grades, but there are … Continue reading →

Far from being ‘fair’, there’s growing concern that the Government’s spending cuts are likely to have a disproportionate impact on women. So much so that The Fawcett Society is taking the matter to the High Court in an attempt to … Continue reading →

If the ConDem coalition thought it was going to push through its austerity measures without protest from the hoi polloi it’s now had its inevitable rude awakening. Yesterday’s protests in London have, of course, been roundly condemned by government and … Continue reading →