How the government’s 2012 growth forecasts have slumped disastrously

Labour commit to Home Rule Bill within first 100 days of government

Margaret Currant, Shadow Scottish Secretary, has today announced that within 100 days of coming into Government, Labour would lay Scotland’s Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons. As well as pledging to do this, Curran has also outlined other devolution priorities. They include: A full review of how Westminster and Scottish Governments can best work together for Scottish people. Bring together Scotland’s council leaders from all parties to decide on a strategy for working together on areas of UK […]

Meet Nigel Farage: what UKIP really think about the NHS

By Jon Trickett

The fact that UKIP is more Tory than the Tories has been often stated. Nowhere is it more clear that this statement is accurate than on health policy. The General Election will in part be a fight save the NHS. Not just from the Tories, but from UKIP as well. David Cameron’s Tories may have pushed our health service to the brink, but Nigel Farage has never even bothered to hide the fact that he is a cheerleader for increased privatisation, including through charging patients for basic care. Nigel Farage has today defended his Party Secretary who advocates privatisation of […]

Ukip General Secretary compares the NHS to Hitler’s bunker

Ukip’s General Secretary, Matthew Richardson has called the NHS “the biggest waste of money in the UK”, the Sunday Mirror has uncovered. Richardson was speaking to right-wing activists in Washington DC, and went on to compare the NHS to Nazi Germany. He said “A number I couldn’t possibly imagine when I was younger is now the amount of money that is owed by my country… of course, at the heart of this, the Reichstag bunker of socialism, is the National […]

“The best deal for Scotland is a People’s ScotRail” – Murphy announces rail plans

Jim Murphy has announced his preference for a non-profit organisation, People’s Scotrail, running Scotland’s railways. The Scottish Parliament will gain extra powers – devolved through the Smith Agreement – that include allowing a non-profit organisation to bid to run Scotland’s railways. Murphy has backed this idea. This comes after the SNP awarded the contract to a firm run by the Dutch Government – despite Scottish Labour calling for a halt to the ScotRail franchising process until the Scottish Government had more powers post-Smith Commission. Jim […]

Dear The Sun – we spotted Ed Balls for you…

There’s a story in The Sun(£) today that suggests Ed Balls has been “sidelined” by the party ahead of the election campaign. The Murdoch-owned red-top even went as far as asking people to “spot the Balls”. Now since we never knowingly shirking a challenge, we’ve set out to find out where Ed Balls has been this week. In truth, it wasn’t very hard, because even a quick scan of Twitter, the papers or blogs would suggest the Sun are talking cobblers about the Labour Party (for […]