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By Chris Cook As I watched Alistair Darling presenting the UK Budget yesterday it was the fact that the Conservative opposition were genuinely irate - as opposed to the normal ersatz indignation - that made me realise that this time Humpty…
By Societarian One commentator during the great depression wrote: An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death. Because to live means to have something definite to do - a mission to fulfil. This sentiment came to mind…
From LabourList * Increased top rate of tax to 50% for earnings over £150,000. * Tax relief on pensions to be reduced for people on more than £150,000. * £2bn help for young unemployed for jobs and training. * £1bn to boost housing market…
From LabourList In the Chancellor's Budget today, it was announced that the Labour government will increase the top rate of tax on those earning over £150,000 to 50% to help Britain recover from the recession. David Cameron led a blustery…
By Jonty Pryor Tomorrow will be the first mid-recession budget since 1993 and is a real opportunity for Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown to make some bold moves to support people across the country. One measure which we have begun to touch…
By David Beeson What a great asset a short memory can be. To those who want to take advantage of it. In the run up to the budget, the Tories are going to be relying on our having forgotten a lot. Get set for their increasing clamour for an…
By Sam Burt When David Cameron and Gordon Brown spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos back in February, Cameron pleaded for a "moral capitalism" in an attempt to decontaminate the Tory brand from its free-market ideology. Brown spoke…
By Steve Longden Partly due to the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy, my mind has turned to football and how the government could intervene to make our national sport more exciting and accessible. Despite the tough economic…
By Daryn McCombe / @Daryn_mccombe 24 hours to save the NHS was Labour battle cry in 1997. Record investment gushed into the NHS from 2000 to 2008. This is what we promised the public and this is what we delivered. Yet as Joyce Robins, of…
By Kate Groucutt / @kategroucutt The fall in house prices over the last year has meant that many people, my partner and I included, can now realistically consider buying a home. However, the problem remains that whilst there are properties…
By Michael Green A minimum wage of £7.45 per hour, coupled with corporation tax cut for small and medium size businesses is economically viable in the UK. It would lift millions of adults out of poverty, and children too. The current…
From LabourList Progress Online have today published a series of articles looking ahead to Alistair Darling's budget, which will be announced on April 22. The series includes the following: Peter Hain - Labour's budget must be bold: More…
