News Balls says government have “failed every test and broken every promise” on the economy Ahead of the Autumn Statement, Ed Balls has taken a bullish swipe at Cameron and Osborne – attacking… 2nd December, 2014, 10:01 pm
News Blow as poll reveals people think they’ll be better off under Tories Labour’s “cost of living crisis” narrative has been dealt a blow today, as a new poll reveals that… 2nd December, 2014, 1:29 pm
Featured Don’t paint it black: Politicians may be selling, but people are not buying Black Wednesday was the biggie – September 16th 1992, the humiliating collapse of Britain’s economic policy. That was… Stefan Stern 1st December, 2014, 8:22 am
News Brown was a better chancellor than Osborne is now, poll finds As we reported over the weekend, there are rumours circulating that Gordon Brown is going to step down… 26th November, 2014, 9:52 am
News Balls says money raised from banking fines should go to the NHS In a speech today at Labour’s East of England regional conference in Ipswich, Ed Balls has announced that… 22nd November, 2014, 2:41 pm
Featured Tories get £50 million from hedge funds The Electoral Commission has released figured from the last quarter which show that the Tories got £1.34 million… 13th November, 2014, 5:07 pm
News George Osborne doesn’t accept living standards are falling Here’s one for the “what was he thinking?” files. George Osborne was interviewed by ITV news about today’s… 24th October, 2014, 2:52 pm
News Stagnant wages forcing Osborne to borrow billions more than he did last year Government borrowing for last month was £11.8bn – £1.6bn more than September of last year. Borrowing for 2014… 22nd October, 2014, 8:50 am
Comment Clegg the Innocent Never has there been a better example of naive little fishes swimming in a vast, Machiavellian pond than… Sue Marsh 7th October, 2014, 9:54 am
Comment Cameron’s Tax Cut is a Tax Con – but it’ll be popular, and highlights Labour’s missed opportunity David Cameron’s conference speech today was well-delivered, punchy and memorable. It had a clear top line to grab the… Mark Ferguson 1st October, 2014, 1:57 pm