Will Miliband back an early EU referendum? | Tories rebuked for manipulating benefit stats | Mehdi Hasan on Woolwich and foreign policy

Weekly Online Newsletter 30 May 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS WORLD AFFAIRS BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Five must-read pieces from the magazine With a bit of chutzpah, Miliband could rip the Tories in half over the EU. Does he dare? The idea of tabling an amendment to the Tory bill demanding a referendum before the next election is gaining currency in Labour ranks. By Rafael Behr Extremists point to western foreign policy to explain their acts. Why do we ignore them? The trigger we refuse to see is our foreign policy. By Mehdi Hasan Philip Hammond: The rise of the quiet man Unquestionably competent, but "a cold fish", Philip Hammond is emerging as an unlikely contender in the race to become the next Tory leader. By Andrew Gimson Town on BBC2: Welcome to the bay to nowhere Oh, our poor towns. What on earth have they done to deserve all this attention? By Rachel Cooke I nearly fell over laughing when I heard Mervyn King say there's a recovery in sight Are there any signs that the economy is "healing", as Osborne claims? Not many. By David Blanchflower Five must-read blogs The Great Crapsby: Why Iain Duncan Smith isn't all he seems Like Fitzgerald's doomed, self-fictionalising hero Jay Gatsby, the Work and Pensions Secretary has constructed a personal narrative for himself that doesn't quite take in all the facts. By Sarah Ditum Grant Shapps rebuked by UK Statistics Authority for misrepresenting benefit figures Yet another Conservative politician is caught making it up. By George Eaton Beware the undertow on the Jersey Shore Governor Chris Christie's cosy relationship with Obama could turn and bite him in the Primaries. By Nicky Woolf The Secret Cuts: Part One, Social Care How plans to outsource social care services in Barnet will affect the most vulnerable. By Alan White and Kate Belgrave Will building houses solve Britain's economy? No, probably not. But we should do it anyway. By Alex Hern Promotion Early bird offer for The Amen Corner at the National Theatre Rufus Norris (Table, London Road, Death and the King's Horseman) returns to direct an exhilarating new production of James Baldwin's celebrated play. Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Sister Margaret and is joined by Sharon D Clarke and Lucian Msamati. As the gospel singing soars, Sister Margaret, uncompromising pastor of her Harlem church, has a congregation in revolt against her hardline leadership. Their resentment escalates with the return of her absentee husband, a trombone-playing sinner, and the wayward conduct of her son. Charges of hypocrisy hang in the air and Margaret's devout world looks perilously close to falling apart. Beautifully expressed through the rousing beat of the gospel choir, the community's sense of love, grief and spiritual survival will be given full voice by the Company and the London Community Gospel Choir. Over 500 £12 tickets for every performance. Playing 4 June - 14 August Top price seats for £29.50, usually £34 for performances between 6 and 20 June. Enter promotion code 'Newstatesman2950' before selecting seats online or quote when calling 020 7452 3000. Tickets must be booked before 4 June. Offer is subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction any other offer. Sponsored Advertorial The business of social business What works and how it's done- In association with IBM Search thousands of top-quality jobs, click here Sign up to New Statesman Jobs   Subscribe Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e- mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.