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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Assisted dying – ‘citizens’ juries’ are not all they seem
CHRIS WHITEHOUSE shines a light on the far from neutral tactics used to lobby for assisted suicide and create momentum for its legalisation in Britain
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
I’M pleased I’m not alone in being gravely concerned that the deeply flawed assisted suicide Bill that was published at 10pm on Monday November 11 has only been subject to a little over two weeks of scrutiny and five hours of parliamentary debate before going to a vote at second reading this Friday.
The drumbeat for Kim Leadbeater’s Bill started in September with the conveniently timed verdict of a so-called “citizens’ jury,” commissioned by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCoB).
You might have thought juries condemning people to death in this country were a thing of the past. August 1964 was the last time a death sentence passed by a British jury was carried out.
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Campaigners vow to keep up fight against Assisted Dying Bill as it clears House of Commons
