NAIRU…and all that
By Peter Barnard As the coalition government unveils its plans to “get people off welfare and back to…
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Harlots in the city?
By Peter Barnard I started to take a serious look at pensions provision, both public sector and private…
A Dream of John Ball
By Peter Barnard Kenneth Harris’ biography of Clem Attlee states that Attlee’s favourite passage in books that he…
The times, they are a-changing…
By Peter Barnard In 1954, Lonnie Donegan sang “Diggin’ my Potatoes” at the National Jazz Festival at the…
Public finances: 1996/97 versus 2007/08
By Peter Barnard Gordon Brown is not everyone’s cup of tea, even amongst Labour supporters. One of many…
Making sense of cuts
By Peter Barnard David Cameron was being disingenuous in the Conservative poster “I’ll cut the deficit, not the…
We need a Royal Commission to investigate the root causes of violent crime
By Peter Barnard I, for one, do not believe that our society is “broken.” Millions – the vast…
Teach a man to fish…
By Peter Barnard “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man…
Did Labour really create welfare dependency?
By Peter Barnard It’s a common criticism from Conservatives that Labour has created its ‘client electorate’ in the…
Labour needs to take a lead on the ‘socially useless’ parts of finance
By Peter Barnard Lord Turner, Chairman of the FSA, despatched a cat towards some plump pigeons in the…
