Labour needs to get a grip on the wasteful housing subsidy system
As a former bricklayer, I know that increasing the number of small house builders is the key to…
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Labour should champion a ‘Zero-Based Review’ of our Tax system
One of the best and bravest decisions made by the party leadership in 2013 was to commission a…
Is Labour ready to go big on housing?
Talk of housing has acted like the drumbeat of Labour’s time in opposition. It has been their in…
It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear
In their private discussions politicians and their advisers must ask themselves a lot of questions – how to…
The Week in Bits: Web wars, wages and watercannons
Gif Dems/ LOL Dems/ Listicle Democrats One Lib Dem Buzzfeed list this week (yes, there was more than…
Increasing the minimum wage – are the Tories in a tactical retreat?
It’s a bit rich for the Conservative party which fought tooth and nail against the introduction of the…
The last thing people want is a pre-election deal with Nick Clegg
The playful exchange of tweets this week between Nick Clegg and Ed Balls may have shown a thawing…
Are Social Enterprises the untapped answer to economic growth?
The holidays now a distant memory, but for Morrisons, Tesco and Marks & Spencer the ghost of Christmas…
Join us tomorrow for #CostofCameron day
This week we watched as David Cameron’s government presented £25bn of unplanned spending cuts as a sign of…
Benefits Street won’t add much to the current debate about welfare
I’ve been the MP for Birmingham Ladywood for three and a half years. I grew up in the…
