We need a Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Talk of ‘tough decisions’ and ‘iron discipline’ on spending demonstrate the dominance of Tory thinking over economic policy…
Austerity
Osborne proves that austerity is about ideology, not evidence
Last month, it was revealed that research by Professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff – used to fuel the…
Austerity, challenged
Making economic policy when the convention wisdom is wrong and is against you is not easy, as Labour…
Was this the most important news of the week?
What was the most important news of the week? Perhaps it was the announcement that the UK had…
We know austerity is failing. What we should be debating is the size of stimulus we need
As austerity maintains a grip over Europe, the left is desperately casting about for policies that will both…
“The tide is turning against an austerity approach” says Miliband
Following his meeting with French President Francois Hollande today, Ed Miliband said: “The points of agreement we have…
How far will we go with Austerity?
It’s been two years. Austerity is well under way, and already, cuts that would have been unthinkable before, ease…
The austerity consensus has collapsed
There is no alternative: the only way out of Britain’s current economic plight is massive cuts to public…
10 down – could Cameron’s Tories become number 11?
Yesterday David Cameron made a speech in Manchester on the Eurozone crisis. He argued that it’s time to…
Time to get serious about London’s future
The food bank in my Borough is doing record business. It is tucked away in Fulham’s shrub lined…
