Cuts Watch

An occasional roundup of stories in the news detailing the extent and implications of cuts to public spending and public services. Who’s cutting what, and by how much?

Electoral reform test

An interactive quiz to help you work out which of the main alternatives voting systems would fit best with the way you would like to see politics conducted in the UK.

Middlebritainometer

Our special online tool for measuring just how “middle” you really are. Watch out though – the results may surprise you.

They Just Don’t Get It

An occasional series. Our coveted periodic awards, giving due recognition to those who haven’t quite caught up with the changed political and economic circumstances.

Economic Reports

Our regular in-depth look at the state of the economy and labour market. We focus on different social or economic aspects of the economy, as well as highlighting the latest trends.

Mapping unemployment trends

Unemployment figures focus on headline numbers, but the problem of unemployment is not evenly spread around the country. We’ve used an interactive map to highlight some of the areas where it’s hardest to find work.

Older features:

Is Deregulation Dead?

Joint Trades Union Congress / British Chambers of Commerce debate on the future of employment regulation. Check out videos of presentations from the event on 15 July 2010.

Copenhagen Diary

Diary reports direct from members of the international union delegation at and around the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009.

Blogging the PBR ’09

We ran a liveblog of Alistair Darling’s 2009 Pre-Budget Review in association with Left Foot Forward, LabourList and Liberal Conspiracy, and followed it up with post-match analysis blogging on the different policy areas affected by the content of the PBR.

Beyond Crisis

Watch keynote presentation videos and read guest contributions from Beyond Crisis, a TUC/Guardian conference on progressive responses to the financial crisis. 16 November 2009.

Minimum Tax Rates campaign

Our campaign page on the Labour Party’s new ideas website, Labourspace.com. We’d like to see action to tackle the worst excesses of tax avoidance, by setting a fair minimum rate that allows room for genuine tax breaks, but stops many of the super-rich from ducking most of their obligations.