Following the suicide of two 17-year olds, campaigners forced a review of the law covering treatment of children in police custody. Such challenges could become impossible if Ministry of Justice proposals are pushed through
England, my England: A festival of Englishness takes place on Saturday, October 19, organised by IPPR and British Futures. Here, Tom Finch of IPPR explains why they decided this was important
Historian Linda Colley rejects the idea that British disintegration is inevitable but says a new constitutional settlement is needed to bind the nations and people of the United Kingdom together, and to help clarify its relationship with Europe. The English, she argues, would benefit from having a
The Daily Mail said that Ralph Miliband hated Britain. Their evidence was quotes about England. This tells us much about the attitude to Englishness...
A leading figure in the debate around Scottish independence writes to our English readers and asks them to listen to what the debate is really about.
Can Labour give voice to the energy and anger of England, which from its health service to its fundamental liberties, not to speak of its economy, is threatened by the Coalitions embrace of global finance? Anthony Barnett posed the question to Ed Miliband in the New Statesman's special Labour Part
Why have US activists have been more successful than their British counterparts in building a constructive immigration dialogue within mainstream politics, asks Katy Long.
With austerity measures in full swing, the government's decision to review the duty on state and government bodies to proactively tackle women's inequality in the UK has raised alarm bells amongst leading women's rights organisations
Labour could turn opposition to the billion pound Trident replacement into an electoral asset, but instead appears to be sleepwalking to oblivion. Rebecca Johnson makes the case for challenging Trident replacement, and says it's time to mobilise civil society
Proposals to cut legal aid and judicial review in Britain will make it harder for people fighting for their rights to challenge the government's cuts agenda, and will remove one of the few lifelines to justice for asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented workers, says Kate Blagojevic.
New policies brought in to address violence against women in the UK are being implemented by large generic institutions at the expense of smaller specialist preventative and support organisations. For black and ethnic minority women, paternalistic 'management' appears to be inseparable from disemp
Britain has one of the lowest percentages of female judges in Europe. What are the consequences of this disparity for the justice system, and what must be done to make British justice gender equal?
