The Government may have pledged to spend 2% of GDP on Defence, but the devil is in the detail
Very few expected any of the headlines generated by this week’s Budget to focus on Defence. But let…
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We need to see a lot more passion and a little less caution from the people who want to be our next Prime Minister
We’re about a third of the way through the Labour Leadership contest, billed as our big chance to…
A truly independent BBC must be owned by its licence fee payers
Monday’s deal between the BBC and Government to hand the Corporation responsibility for funding TV licences for over-75s…
The next Labour leader must champion electoral reform
In the most disproportionate election result in modern British electoral history, on the 7th May 2015, the Conservative…
Five key mistakes Miliband made that the next leader must learn from
Over the last couple of weeks I have been writing about the leadership race – how each candidate…
Don’t let the Tories off the hook – there is an economic alternative
The Chancellor boasted today that ‘this is a big Budget…a new settlement from a one nation government’’. It…
The tough choices Labour must make
This column isn’t going to win me any friends on the left but it’s about time Labour got…
Osborne has stolen Labour’s language, but make no mistake: this Budget will just increase inequality
“This will be a budget is for working people” – George Osborne opened his speech today with these…
Osborne may have stolen Labour’s rhetoric on non-doms, but his proposals are seriously flawed
The Tories are starting to make a habit of stealing Labour’s tax clothing. First, came Labour’s proposals for…
PMQs Verdict: Tiresome exchange just a pre-Budget formality
“I’ve got all day, Mr. Speaker… There’s nothing else on.” David Cameron’s sarcastic aside as he was shouted…
