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 Comment ‘Winning like Mamdani: why Labour must get obsessive about the cost of living’ Zohran Mamdani’s surprise success in the New York City Democratic Mayoral primary can be attributed to a number… Dominic Weston 26th July, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘Labour should be proud of Employment Rights Bill – and fight hard to defend it’ In our first year in office, the new Labour Government has started turning the page on 14 years… Rachel Hopkins 26th July, 2025, 6:00 am News ‘We’re back in the mainstream’: Corbyn’s old CLP endorses pro-Starmer slate Once a bastion of Labour’s hard left, Islington North CLP has changed beyond recognition. When Jeremy Corbyn dramatically… Luke O'Reilly 25th July, 2025, 8:32 am
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