Miliband: Poorest would lose the most from Scottish independence
Alex Salmond’s failure to say what currency an independent Scotland would rely on leaves the poorest at most…
Economics
Labour must offer a change from this failed experiment
On the doorstep in the 2015 election campaign a voter is complaining about how their local Sure Start…
Diane Abbott publicly attacks Ed Balls
Former shadow health minister Diane Abbott has taken to The Guardian website to launch a fairly scathing attack…
The economics of a budget surplus: Something to think about before making rash promises
Left of centre political parties are nearly always faced with the charge, levelled by their right of centre…
The Tory and the confidence fairy
There’s a funny little Panglossian piece by Tory peer and former minister Michael Bates on ConservativeHome. As an…
Why the Left should beware Salmond-onomics
Following statements in both Westminster and Holyrood on the forthcoming referendum on separation, the debate on Scotland’s economic…
Economics and perception
I’ve read with interest the recent LabourList posts by Owen Jones and Emma Burnell. I think on the…
Economics by homeopathy
I didn’t see Ed Balls’ speech to the Fabian Society Annual Conference yesterday; I was a work. Well,…
