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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We have the finest press in the world – but this week they haven’t shown it
For the last few days the media has been engaged in one of its most cherished pastimes –…
Time Gentlemen Please
I’m about to read the Leveson report and then listen to his statement. Whilst I wait, I cast…
The EU Budget explained
We are hearing a lot at the moment about the EU Budget and the wrangling surrounding it. I thought…
NEC Report – November 27th, 2012
This was the NEC’s ‘away’ day (though we don’t actually go away anywhere) which sets the party’s priorities…
Of course we should give 16 year olds the vote
There are several claims made for votes at 16 which are decidedly spurious. I don’t believe – for…
The glamorous life of an MP
Labour’s Ben Bradshaw has been having a smelly few days… Parliamentary Authorities responded, saying: “The engineers of the…
Alex Salmond spent nearly half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money on Ryder Cup trip
A parliamentary question has revealed that Alex Salmond spent £468,580 – or nearly £100,00 per day – of Scottish…
This is the politics of a government that divides
George Osborne’s decision to cut the top rate of tax for the richest was the moment this government’s…
Could Cameron and Salmond do a deal on Boundary Changes and Devo Max?
The Tory plan for boundary changes (and fewer MPs) is widely considered to be finished, following Nick Clegg’s…
We need a public inquiry into blacklisting
Last month I wrote an article for LabourList explaining the background to the blacklisting scandal in the construction…
