Sturgeon wants full fiscal autonomy for Scotland as soon as possible – even though that would cost £7.6 billion
Tonight’s second Scottish TV debate (which sadist scheduled them on consecutive nights?) threw up a very significant exchange…
Cuts
Labour need to consider restoring the coalition’s disastrous cuts in legal aid
It is time for the Labour Party to consider restoring the coalition government’s disastrous cuts in legal aid. The…
It’s time for the Tories to come clean on their secret £12billion plan to hit children, carers, families and disabled people
David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith have repeatedly refused to explain how they would make the £12 billion cuts…
We’ll cut £12bn from welfare – but we won’t tell you how, says Tory minister
Conservative Treasury Minister David Gauke this morning confirmed tha party plan to cut the welfare budget by £12…
George Osborne has shown Labour that they don’t need to make cuts and slash the deficit
Labour has been hamstrung by George Osborne. The general election seems to be a choice between Tory cuts…
Labour will review the impact of the Coalition’s squeeze of local communities
By Andy Sawford MP and Stephen Timms MP Five years ago the Conservative Party were keen to brandish their…
Labour’s first General Election poster: “Next time, they’ll cut to the bone”
The budget is out of the way, and Labour’s general election campaign is now properly underway. How do…
Osborne has chosen short term political gimmicks over a long term economic plan at every turn
George Osborne has insisted his pre-election Budget would contain “no gimmicks” – we’ll see. What we can be…
We need a social security system that prevents poverty and promotes equality
The first argument that needs to be cleared up about cutting benefits is that it saves money. As…
Continuing on the current path of local government cuts will damage families, communities, and the NHS
In late 2009 John Denham, the then Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government…
