The reality behind IDS’s unemployment figures
Figures released earlier this month by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people unemployed falling…
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Labour shouldn’t increase National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS
What’s safer, more appealing and more likely to guarantee electoral victory than the clinical and antiseptic interpretation of…
To get young people involved in politics, we have to make sure they’re registered to vote
To win next year, Labour must attract and motivate young voters. That’s why Ed Miliband has asked Ivan…
We need Graf and Grafters
As my colleague Conor has pointed out, there is quite a lot of good news coming out of…
Will the Tory MP who wants to charge patients to use the NHS debate me?
Earlier this week, Channel 4’s “Dispatches” asked if we are addicted to our doctors. It highlighted the increasing…
Free information and free broadband – business policies of the future?
Us folk in business are a straightforward lot. Yes, we like big picture ideas and visions of the…
If we want to engage young people, we need to change
It is actually possible to transform the landscape of youth engagement in politics. It’s an incredible injustice that…
A day on the road with a Tory mole
It’s quite amusing when you spot you are being infiltrated by someone from the other side. You are…
Austin Mitchell showed us why people hate politicians
Whilst I was out at the weekend campaigning in Hampstead & Kilburn to get the brilliant Tulip Sadiq…
Britain has to fight ISIS, but should be wary of their trap
Yesterday night the terrorist group Islamic State released a video in which they beheaded the American journalist James…
