The SNP manifesto is a dangerous throwback to the 80s
This isn’t the article I expected to write about the SNP manifesto. I was ready to praise Nicola…
Spending
Osborne attacked unfunded spending commitments just 12 weeks ago
Labour HQ have released this video, highlighting that it’s only 12 weeks since George Osborne attacked unfunded spending…
Balls says unfunded Tory plans will cost each working household £1,439 a year
Labour were keen to make a big deal out of their manifesto being fully funded and costed when…
Labour releases Tory “pledge card” ahead of Cameron’s manifesto launch
Labour’s manifesto launch is done and dusted (you can read about what the newly announced policies are here…
David Cameron warned of “unfunded spending commitments” which would “wreck the NHS” just 3 months ago
Today George Osborne pledged extra funding for the NHS – but hasn’t said where it would come from.…
Labour’s first General Election poster: “Next time, they’ll cut to the bone”
The budget is out of the way, and Labour’s general election campaign is now properly underway. How do…
Labour hits back at Tories over spending claims
The Tories have just finished a press conference in Central London, where they’ve used Treasury figures based on…
Balls writes to Treasury chief, and calls for “an accurate basis for comparing the commitments made by the parties”
Ed Balls has been calling for the OBR to independently audit each party’s manifesto costings for some time…
Osborne has ‘ceded the political centre ground to Labour’, says Balls
In an article for the Guardian, Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor, has outlined how George Osborne has ‘ceded the…
Labour MP questions campaigning roles of publicly funded advisers
As the start of the long campaign begins today, curbing the amount of money parties can spend between…
