The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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What will election time hold for the Greens?
Luke James speaks to CAROLINE LUCAS at Green Party conference, where her book Dishonourable Friends?, memoirs of her time in Parliament and a manifesto for change at Westminster, was launched
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
You’re a one-woman party in Westminster with a huge caseload of constituency work and a crucial election coming up, so why write a book as well?
The book is about the anger that I felt seeing up close just how badly Westminster works, frankly.
I think if most people recognise the lack of scrutiny that most legislation gets, they would be shocked.
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