Scotland and the Youth Unemployment crisis
By Liam Byrne MP and Kezia Dugdale MSP In May this year, a report by the International Labour Organisation…
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Councillors can’t ignore the fact they have less money to spend – it won’t work
Owen Jones’ call to councillors to ‘resist the cuts’ earlier this week (Come on you local councillors. Resist these…
The North East exists – I’ve seen it with my own eyes…
I’m from the North East. That’s how I always explain when I’m asked, from time to time, where…
The sham of fairer taxes under the Lib Dems
The Lib Dems met at their conference under the banner of ‘fairer tax in tough times’ and the…
“It is here that the human spirit becomes perfect.”
So said Alexis de Tocqueville, about Manchester. And at the end of this month, the Labour Party returns…
The Tory Right are a threat to Labour – but they’re a bigger threat to Cameron
Since late 2010, I’ve always believed that Labour could wind up inadvertent allies with the Tory Right. After all, we…
Nick Clegg, and a very generous audience
What Nick Clegg needed to do today was give a plausible explanation of what on earth the Lib…
Britain’s unions can be relevant again, but not by espousing fringe politics
As Peter Watt pointed out at the time of the TUC conference, its influence is declining for a…
A visit to Liberal Democrat Conference – a pluralists worst nightmare
Visiting Liberal Democrat conference has been a sobering experience for someone who was brought up to see the…
The Lib Dems can’t hide the fact they have betrayed students and universities
Nick Clegg’s public apology for promising not to raise tuition fees was very telling. Standing by the policy,…
