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
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…
What is the point of Her Majesty’s Opposition?
This is the question frequently posed and intended as a disabling joke, by the Prime Minister at Wednesday’s…
