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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Dugher mocks Clegg and Cameron’s plans for (another) “relaunch”
After Clegg revealed that he and Cameron are planning to publish a ‘mid-term review’, Labour’s Vice-Chair Michael Dugher was…
New polling shows majority of people think that benefits should rise with inflation
The latest polling from Ipsos-Mori will raise a few eyebrows in Westminster – especially in the Treasury –…
Labour to launch “The price of Tory failure” campaign online and in marginal seats
Labour will roll out the next phase of their fightback on Osborne’s welfare/tax credits trap today with a…
A disaster for students and universities alike
This week marks the two year anniversary of the vote in Parliament on the Tory-led government’s unnecessary and…
George Osborne is about to walk into his own welfare trap
George Osborne comes from one of those families where current events get discussed. His mother Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock…
Ed Miliband and David Cameron: A Year in review
2012 has been a remarkable year in the fortunes of Ed Miliband. He’s had political and professional successes,…
UKIP’s Godfrey Bloom MEP “I share a glass of wine a few times a year with Marine le Pen”
At the start of December, Yorkshire & Humber MEP Godfrey Bloom wrote an article defending his involvement with the European…
Will Labour really lose support from voters if it goes ‘soft’ on Welfare?
Every time the Conservatives say something about cutting welfare, familiar arguments play out across the Labour party. The…
Labour needs LGBT candidates on European lists in every region in 2014
There isn’t the media attention on the work of the European Parliament and our MEPs that there is…
Deconstructing Labour’s tax credit counter-offensive
It will never be out of fashion to write stories about divisions between a Leader and a Chancellor…
