The Penn and Teller of British politics
If the two Ed’s are to be characterised as Wallace and Gromit, then I think it only right…
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We need more housing that people can truly afford
The size of the London Assembly constituencies means that it is rare to find issues that resonate everywhere…
Osborne’s £500 million budget raid on the NHS
If we thought all of the budget nasties were out already with the “granny tax”, we were wrong.…
Better off with Ken
On Monday hundreds of people packed the Old Vic Tunnels in Waterloo for a rally to mark the…
Budget 2012 and the Local Finance Bill: the case for redistribution?
Budget 2012: it’s hardly going to down in history as a landmark Budget for local government. No big…
The Squeezed Youth
The squeezed middle. Who are they? What do they look like? What do they feel? What do they…
Labour and the Next Election
Labour’s next general election manifesto should be writing itself. Not even half way through this parliament and the…
Labour should be standing for the millions not the millionaires
Wednesday’s Budget was notable for two things; one was the continued viciousness of what is probably the most…
Axing the 50p rate is no more than the Tories looking after Tories
The truth about whether to cut the current 50p top rate of tax, is that no one actually…
Southern Comfort
At the last general election less than 1 in 6 people voted Labour in the south-east. The simple,…
