Voters welcome Budget energy measures, but demand more action on cost of living
Voters welcome the government’s energy bill support, but think more needs to be done at pace to help…
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At the last general election less than 1 in 6 people voted Labour in the south-east. The simple,…
NEC Report – March 2012
Our March NEC meeting was preceded the evening before with a meeting with the Parliamentary Labour Party where…
Why ‘millions versus the millionaires’ isn’t the slogan we need
Sometimes it is hard to remember how distinct and different the instincts and reactions of Labour Party members…
Heseltine to attack 50p tax cut?
Earlier this week on LabourList, Chuka Umunna told Mark Ferguson: “When I was in the chamber for the…
Three brilliant points made by George Osborne
George Osborne is a spectacularly wealthy man. That’s not my biased and tribal assessment of things, or if…
What do these papers have in common?
Today’s front pages are grim for George Osborne. Here’s a selection of them – and what unites these…
The key message for Labour from this budget is grim
Within seconds of Osborne sitting down, Labour tweeters, bloggers and columnists were denouncing the sheer evil on display.…
This is a budget of reheated Thatcherism, making Britain still more unequal
The Chancellor has unveiled a huge tax cut for high earners, while saying nothing about the real-terms cuts…
The budget that ignored those looking for work
Osborne started by saying that his Budget supports working families and those looking for work – which was…
The Tories have taken a political risk – but they may be forgiven
Nobody really knows what the real impact of the 50p tax rate is. It has behaviour impacts –…
