Paul Nowak column: ‘Britain needs a living standards Budget’
£14,000. That’s how much extra households have paid in mortgage, energy, loan, and water bills since 2021. From…
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Will you join us next week – and help define Labour’s future?
Next week we’ll be launching our first ebook/pamphlet “One Nation Labour – debating the future” (edited by Jon…
Boris Johnson reveals how his family spent their child benefit
Boris on where the £47,547.40 in child benefit (his calculation) has gone: “We’re looking at 10 half-decent ski holidays…
Morning Report: Westminster awakes as Nick and Dave rekindle their romance
Dedicated LabourList readers will remember that (long ago) we used to do a feature called “Morning Report” each…
David Miliband to return in spring 2014?
In The Times this morning Roland Watson reports that: “David Miliband is beginning to give serious thought to…
Labour should promise radical reform of the UK economy in 2015
George Osborne’s decision to use the recent Autumn Statement to cut social security payments in real terms provided…
Exclusive: Nearly a quarter of people would be interested or enthusiastic about becoming an MP
Given that trust in politics and politicians is at an all time low, how many people do you…
A By-election strategy won’t save the Lib Dems in 2015
Today in the Guardian there’s an interesting bit of briefing from the Lib Dems on their proposed general…
What Labour should do about honours
The publication of the 2013 New Year’s Honours List should remind us of the unsatisfactory character of the…
Welfare reform must ensure people working earn more than those on benefits, says Balls
The Nasty Party Never Went Away
We are all aware of the efforts of David Cameron to ‘detoxify’ the Conservative Party from its ‘nasty…
