The mystery of the disappearing "workfare" document

FactCheck update: DWP fail to explain disappearing “workfare” document | The FactCheck Blog

Ken Livingstone calls for Mayor to be banned from having a second job

My Letter to David Cameron | Ken for London

It really does show how out of touch Boris has become, when he thinks £250,000 is 'chicken feed'. He already earns more than the PM.

Osborne's excuses are beginning to sound hollow

New Statesman - Osborne's "no money left" claim could backfire

The A4e stench

Welfare boss Emma Harrison made a pile renting out her stately home to A4E | Politics | The Observer
This could be a bombshell for IDS and his welfare reforms, especially coming on top of more companies withdrawing from the workfare schemes. There has been a bad stench around A4e for several years, since some of its staff were found to be falsifying results. Why were they awarded this contract, and why did Cameron give Emma Harrison a job?
This blog (Redpepper.org.uk) claims A4e have been forced to pay back money to the government five times since 2008 due to irregularities.

Star Trek's Patrick Stewart speaks out about the coalition

New Statesman - The NS Interview: Patrick Stewart

The world against Apartheid

I have just finished watching the BBC4 series The world against Apartheid: have you heard from Johannesburg?, which bought back memories of supporting the anti-apartheid movement in the 80s and early 90s. The struggle demonstrated that individuals can make a difference if they campaign together - shades of the current UK Uncut movement today.

As someone says in one of the programs - You may feel like you are a drop of water in the ocean, but the ocean is made up of drops of water.