22nd March, 2010, 8:30 am Budget details begin to emerge – 8 in the morning, March 22nd Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Alistair Darling will unveil a £2 billion pound “green” investment bank in this week’s budget to help Britain’s transformation to a low carbon economy. * The Chancellor must find another £10 billion in budget savings to halve the budget deficit, reports the Times. * Gordon Brown will compare the arrival of superfast broadband to the invention of electricity, saying it will save the government billions of pounds and revolutionise the provision of public services. * The PM will today make a new attempt to resolve the BA dispute. * A People’s Bank can kickstart Labour’s radical new agenda, writes Jackie Ashley. * Britain’s economic recovery remains fragile and will not pick up pace until next year, warns the CBI. * Does Labour have a problem on voter registration, asks Mike Smithson of Political Betting. * President Obama has become the first US president in a century to achieve comprehensive healthcare reform. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList News ‘No transparency’: CLP rep revolt over NPF policy process for next manifesto Labour’s policymaking process for the next election has come under fire from almost half the member representatives on… Luke O'Reilly & Tom Belger 30th May, 2025, 12:00 am Comment ‘Attacking Trussonomics isn’t enough. We must attack Farage’s anti-migrant bile’ People notice that the Labour Party is rightly criticising Nigel Farage over his views on NHS privatisation, the… Minesh Parekh & Nabeela Mowlana 29th May, 2025, 3:04 pm Analysis Holyrood by-election: Scottish Labour gloom and a call for PM to reshuffle Keir Starmer has been urged to reshuffle his cabinet and “reset” his government by a senior Scottish Labour… Daniel Green 29th May, 2025, 12:00 am
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