News NEC meeting report – 19th March 2013 Report of National Executive Committee meeting held on 19th March 2013 Party Organisation The General Secretary (GS) thanked… Johanna Baxter 25th March, 2013, 11:04 am
News Mandelson suggests Balls is living in the past – Media and Blog round up: March 22nd 2013 Mandelson suggests Balls is living in the past “Lord Mandelson has launched a damaging critique of Ed Balls… 22nd March, 2013, 10:23 am
Featured A budget speech of a chancellor who is trapped Well, that wasn’t terribly edifying, was it? I suppose we knew not to expect an exercise in humility… Stefan Stern 22nd March, 2013, 6:33 am
Budget 2013 Did the Budget help families? The devil is in the detail… Yesterday’s budget contained a number of controversial measures that will impact families. Some have been dressed up as… Mary Honeyball 21st March, 2013, 7:37 pm
Local Government Osborne’s Construction failure (and the Housing solution) Today’s budget was nothing short of a humiliation for George Osborne. Growth continues to flat-line, borrowing is rocketing… Vicky Foxcroft 20th March, 2013, 6:09 pm
Comment We need to talk about children in care Recently I met two prisoners, Nick and Lee. Both are in their thirties and both are in prison… Bill Esterson MP 19th March, 2013, 3:32 pm
Comment Labour’s perverse inconsistency on the Work Programme There has been much anger and consternation about Labour’s plan to abstain on today’s jobseekers (back to work… Mark Ferguson 19th March, 2013, 12:26 pm
Featured Is it time to reconsider restricting cross media ownership? For months now, ever since the first howls of anguish greeted the publication of the Leveson Report, the… Mark Seddon 18th March, 2013, 1:58 pm
Comment ‘Mummy Tax’ hitting businesses hard as well as families Last Sunday was Mother’s Day, and the eyes of families across the country were on 10 Downing Street… Seema Malhotra MP 17th March, 2013, 7:18 pm
Comment “Not all borrowing is bad” – The case for good borrowing Just off junction 33 of the M1 at the edge of the town centre is the New York… John Healey MP 17th March, 2013, 5:19 pm