PMQs Verdict: This was the prawn cocktail PMQs – but the unpleasant main course is still to come
The PMQs before a major statement is always a little bit pointless. Today’s was better than most, but…
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Knocking on a Locked Door – Regulating Bailiffs
It’s well known and understood that if you owe someone money they can arrange for bailiffs to seize…
Youth Jobs Taskforce Report: Liverpool
Last week, this government ran out of places to hide. Two reports from DWP made undeniably grim reading,…
We might as well get used to the Royals – they’re not going anywhere, any time soon
If you’ve been living on the moon for the last twenty-four hours, you may just not know about…
The Autumn Statement is when we find out whether the government have learned anything
Some weeks, you could use some good news. You know the sort of week. It’s raining, your rent’s…
The UK’s independent nuclear deterrent: the case against renewal
At the end of October Polly Toynbee wrote a piece in the Guardian which has reopened the debate…
The Government’s approach to Local Government is a tale of two nations
Like many other Councils Newcastle receives the majority of its money from Central Government. The Coalition has cut…
Should we incentivise people to vote?
Turnout in the recent PCC elections averaged around 15% and for the last six by-elections has averaged under…
Tory Minister blaming problems on migrants – same old Nasty Party
Every now and then my jaw drops when reading or hearing something someone says. It tends to be…
The alternative EU summit
This weekend my constituency of the East Midlands will play host to an alternative EU summit, where young…
