Kieran Yates

The Proposed Benefits Cap Shows Just How Out of Touch the Conservatives Are

Kieran Yates | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Politics
Kieran Yates

The recent news of the proposed housing benefit cap as part of Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reform has come as a worry. If ever we needed more proof as to the extent to which the Conservative Party have lost touch with the people of Britain, there here is a shining example.

Summer of Unrest: Generation Vexed: What the English Riots Don't Tell Us About Our Nation's Youth

Michelle Holmes | Posted 10.03.2012 | Home
Michelle Holmes

The aftermath of the riots that spread across the UK in late summer was much more than just the burnt out buildings and houses, the emotional distress or the job losses - it was also the fingers of blame pointed and name calling by the media and politicians alike.