News Labour seeks to pile pressure on government to abolish the Bedroom Tax Labour is gearing up for a major assault on the Tories over the Bedroom Tax – culminating in… Mark Ferguson 6th November, 2013, 4:08 pm
Comment PMQs Verdict: Miliband’s old faithful, Cameron’s tractor stats and a murder suspect Miliband couldn’t keep on asking about energy prices forever. He’d had five weeks out of that issue at… Mark Ferguson 6th November, 2013, 1:28 pm
Comment This government needs to do something Tories aren’t good at – find new jobs for shipbuilders “It’s just a rumour that was spread around town, by the women and children, soon we’ll be shipbuilding.”… Mark Ferguson 6th November, 2013, 11:13 am
Comment Today Ed Miliband will show how far he’s come – and how far he still has to go Today Ed Miliband is speaking at Battersea Power Station – a fitting venue, considering how his fortunes have… Mark Ferguson 5th November, 2013, 9:58 am
Comment Has George Osborne learned NOTHING from the financial crisis? Thanks to George Eaton for flagging up what George Osborne reportedly told the Cabinet recently: “Hopefully we will… Mark Ferguson 4th November, 2013, 4:52 pm
Comment Cut to the chase Ed – and raise the minimum wage to the living wage Ed Miliband’s plan – announced this weekend – to try and “Make Work Pay” by incentivising businesses to… Mark Ferguson 4th November, 2013, 10:26 am
Comment 5 ways Labour can talk about the cost of living (without talking about energy) It’s just over a month since Ed Miliband’s conference speech, and since then the media narrative has been… Mark Ferguson 31st October, 2013, 1:02 pm
Comment PMQs Verdict: Miliband must avoid being a “one trick pony” – but on energy prices, Cameron is a “no trick pony” They are our leaders. They come from across the country, elected by their constituents to represent our interests… Mark Ferguson 30th October, 2013, 1:43 pm
Comment Blair is right – the political gene pool is too shallow. But we shouldn’t be too hard on the SpAds “I advise any young person who wants to go into politics today: go and spend some time out… Mark Ferguson 29th October, 2013, 10:30 am
News Two graphs that show the energy companies are taking you for a ride Over at the New Statesman this morning, George Eaton reports on the disparity between the rise in wholesale… Mark Ferguson 28th October, 2013, 11:04 am