‘In taxing times, there is scope for raising more money without breaching election promises’
This is not an easy time to be Chancellor of the Exchequer: a terrible fiscal inheritance; public services…
Helen Goodman
Labour’s answer to the perennial question: how would you pay for it?
The Tory government is currently pitch rolling for another round of austerity. This is being greeted with understandable…
Helen Goodman: Growth of food banks and period poverty shames this country
Despite being the fifth largest economy in the world, there were over a million people using foodbanks in…
No serious economist supports Osborne’s fiscal charter. Opposing it doesn’t make us deficit deniers
I have been worried about the impact of George Osborne’s fiscal charter since it was floated last summer,…
The Tories haven’t changed: they still don’t respect lone parents
Child maintenance payments – perhaps £40 or £50 a week – might not seem like a lot to…
Last week we got a preview of how another Tory government would behave
Last week in the House of Commons we got a preview of how another Tory government would behave…
The Bedroom Tax will catch another million and cost families £3,800 if the Tories are re-elected
I first realised what a devastating impact the bedroom tax was going to have two years ago when…
Be under no illusion – poverty has risen under this government
In a debate on poverty in the UK last week, my colleague Lisa Nandy told the story of…
Will Nick Clegg help Labour abolish the Bedroom Tax tomorrow?
Two years ago, a disabled woman in my constituency told me a shocking story about how the Bedroom…
Labour wants to raise the bar for corporations to bring a claim of defamation – but do the Tories?
One of key reasons for the introduction of the Defamation Bill was to protect journalists and small publication…
