Austerity has failed Greece and its people – just as it is failing people here
In our country austerity is imposed by an elected government. In Greece, however, a government was elected to…
Austerity
There’s far more to socialism than fighting austerity
There will be cuts. Fewer under Labour than the Tories or the LibDems. Prudently perhaps, all four main…
Vote Labour to end “Tory austerity”, says Balls
Today Ed Balls will speak in Glasgow, in which he’ll says Labour’s first Budget would “end Tory austerity…
Are the Labour left really prepared to bring down a Miliband Government?
Ed Miliband’s difficulties may only be beginning, rather than ending, on May 8th. Left wing Labour MP John…
John McDonnell says Labour backbenchers would force Miliband to abandon austerity
John McDonnell, MP for Hayes and Harlington, has warned that if Labour are the largest party in May,…
It’s time to end the lie that Labour and Tories are ‘the same’ on austerity
It is a claim so ubiquitous that most people repeat it without even having to explain it: ‘there’s…
Labour’s fiscal targets mean cuts could end next year
Labour’s plans for deficit reduction could mean that spending cuts finish by 2016 – just as the Tories’…
One thing Osborne left out of his Budget statement
Osborne may have claimed that he is “fixing the roof as the sun begins to shine”, but it…
Labour must make the case for an alternative to failed austerity economics
Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the Greek Parliament for the first time on Sunday and pledged…
Three months before an election, do we know what Miliband stands for?
If there was a phrase to describe Ed Miliband’s years as leader so far it would be: unity…
