Why has the Bedroom Tax been such a disaster?
Exactly a year ago David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith proudly brought in a policy they called the…
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Is a Graduate Tax going to be Ed Miliband’s ‘radical offer’?
With Ed Miliband’s promise of a ‘radical offer’ on tuition fees there is an ever increasing feeling that…
Bedroom Tax one year on: 5 things you need to know
Today marks a year since the introduction of the “Spare Room Subsidy”, better known as the Bedroom Tax.…
How the government lost a billion pounds of your money (and how Labour could have stopped them)
George Osborne wants you to go into the next election thinking that – regardless of your views on…
10 things I’ve learned in local government
I’m not re-standing on 22nd May after 12 years as a Hackney Councillor, and two before that as Political…
The economics of a budget surplus: Something to think about before making rash promises
Left of centre political parties are nearly always faced with the charge, levelled by their right of centre…
The fight to defend the Human Rights Act is on
As we approach the European elections, we’ll be reminded yet again that the Tories want to repeal the…
Forced labour in Qatar calls into question suitability of World Cup hosts
I have just returned from a fact finding mission to Qatar with construction workers union UCATT to look…
The Labour leadership are publicly backing a “radical” offer. So what are they waiting for?
It’s a week after “that letter” and we’re still talking about Labour’s policy offer (if you haven’t already,…
Government of the people by the people
Abraham Lincoln gave us the Twitter-friendly definition of democracy in his Gettsyburg Address in 1863: “government of the…
