Use the filters below to refine your search
By Alastair Campbell I promise that my tweet last night - wondering whether David Cameron as Prime Minister could have delivered the G20 deal - was not merely rhetorical. If the polls are right, and don't change some time soon, then Cameron…
By Helen Symons Earlier today, we sent an email saying 'well done' to the PM for his success at the G20 - securing a .1 trillion programme to get our economies going again, and also asking him to make sure securing and defending jobs is at…
By Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Gordon Brown has done a superb job of bringing the G20 countries to an agreement. But the deal reached in London yesterday included one big disappointment. The moves on IMF funding, tax havens, trade, toxic assets…
By Nesrine Malik Despite the ten pound note waving antics of city workers, there is a palpable feeling in the City (and by 'City', I mean the wider community of the financial industry and not just the Square Mile), that people are angry…
By Anthony Painter at the G20 Today's G20 Summit deal is pivotal: the leaders had to show unity and solidarity and they did. A confidence boost is likely. In 1933 the world failed to come to agreement - split over repayment of war debt…
By Anthony Painter at the G20 Today's G20 Summit deal is pivotal: the leaders had to show unity and solidarity and they did. A confidence boost is likely. In 1933 the world failed to come to agreement - split over repayment of war debt…
By Rachel Reeves It is easy to be cynical about what global summits and communiqués can achieve. But what happens in London's Docklands on Thursday matters. It is an opportunity to send out a clear message, backed with firm commitments…
By Rachel Reeves It is easy to be cynical about what global summits and communiqués can achieve. But what happens in London's Docklands on Thursday matters. It is an opportunity to send out a clear message, backed with firm commitments…
Issue No. 53 - Wednesday, 25th March, 2009 The G20, Europe, tax and the banks - it's make or break time LabourList editor Derek Draper is inviting one lucky winner to join us at his book launch on April 2. To win, just send him a message…
Every day, LabourList puts together a digest of all the news and views from the papers and the web, ready to arrive in people's inbox by Lunchtime. The LunchtimeList always contains articles and opinion of interest to Labour-minded people…
By Will Straw David Cameron's big speech today was based on a false premise. Having set this out he offered virtually no "concrete steps" to address it aside from cutting tax credits. The speech started with Cameron's view of the problem…
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood At the weekend I attended Manchester Labour Women's Forum, which I've blogged about in more detail over at LabourWomen. At the event, Hazel Blears reiterated comments she'd made elsewhere about the Prime…
