Johann Lamont has shown Scottish Labour to be grown-up and long-term
If you tasked me with finding fiscal realism amongst Europe’s centre-left parties, the last place I would have…
Cuts
Councillors can’t ignore the fact they have less money to spend – it won’t work
Owen Jones’ call to councillors to ‘resist the cuts’ earlier this week (Come on you local councillors. Resist these…
The New Poll Tax – Millions will pay more while Millionaires pay less
Next April, when high income earners start to benefit from the Tory–led government’s cut to the 50p tax…
“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…
The government are making 100,000 families worse off – anyone surprised?
Anyone surprised that the government’s changes to the Child Support Agency are going to make 100,000 families worse…
IMF report says UK’s “Recovery has stalled”
The IMF have just released a scathing report on the state of the British economy. Here, for your…
Army cuts will have long-term consequences, but were based on short-term decision making
Last week the Government announced the exact impact that its Defence cuts would have on the army, which…
Ouch
Hat-tip – Paul Waugh for this example of that fabled Tory media management…
Hague to address anti NHS cuts rally
A great scoop from The Sun today, who report that Foreign Secretary William Hague is set to address…
Gordon Brown slams Greek bailout – and warns Europe over austerity
In an article for the Washington Post entitled “Europe’s shortsighted response to a worsening fiscal reality“, Gordon Brown…
