Why the Air Passenger Duty cut should be reversed to help those hit by Tory tax credit plans
Air Passenger Duty and Tax Credits, two important financial instruments previously the exclusive preserve of Westminster, have defined…
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Weekly Survey: Trident and the SNP
On Sunday, armed forces chief General Sir Richard Houghton said it would “worry” him if someone who…
Ian Murray: “People are ready for a fightback.”
“We’ve had different policy positions on a lot of things for a long time. My policy position personally…
Osborne’s “draconian” January Charter and the SNP’s “credible” Fiscal Mandate are pretty much the same
On Wednesday night I voted against George Osborne’s Charter for Budget Responsibility. It was the right thing to…
Just days before the new leader is announced, latest poll shows Scottish Labour 42 points behind
Scottish Labour will elect a new leader on Saturday, and a new poll published today shows the size of…
Labour lost because voters believed it was anti-austerity
Today the Independent Inquiry into why Labour lost announces the first of its findings. We set up the…
Post-referendum slump drove Labour’s defeat in Scotland
Labour’s appalling election showing in Scotland was driven by those who had supported independence leaving the party to…
Bombing Syria: parliament, a myth, and four conditions before we go to war again
Just one of those things which everyone knows but which ain’t so: that in 2013 the House of…
Empty SNP rhetoric doesn’t match their inaction on FOBTs and problem gambling
I recently wrote to Scotland’s First Minister about the SNP’s duplicity on FOBTs and problem gambling. Empty SNP rhetoric simply doesn’t match their…
It’s “time for an English Labour Party” – Tristram Hunt urges Labour to rediscover patriotism
Tristram Hunt will argue that it is “time for an English Labour Party”. In a speech today, the…
