Weekly survey: tax credits, Scottish Labour and sugar tax
The Lords refused to pass Tory legislation to cut tax credits this week, in a move critics say…
Tax Credits
We won’t make political capital out of a tax credit u-turn, McDonnell assures Osborne
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is today putting pressure on George Osborne to u-turn on his cuts to tax…
John McDonnell: Tonight shows the Tories are in utter disarray over tax credits
The Tories’ cuts to tax credits have tonight been delayed after a vote in the House of Lords.…
A week is a long time in politics
Last week, I wrote of George Osborne as favourite to replace David Cameron as leader of the Conservatives. This…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn controls the tempo, manner and mood of the debate
The effectiveness of Jeremy Corbyn’s relaxed PMQs style is still up for debate. The Leader of the Opposition stood…
Tory MPs should find their consciences and vote with Labour to protect tax credits
By Owen Smith MP and Seema Malhotra MP Today it looks as though the Tory Party are lining…
My cross-party alternative to Osborne’s tax credit cut protects the poorest
George Osborne may unwittingly have gifted Labour a detonator with which it can blow up the Tories’ 2020…
Tax credits have never been needed more than now – Labour need to hammer this home
Between 1999 and 2005 I conducted several substantive pieces of work on the structure and design of tax…
Over 70 Tory MPs could lose their seats because of tax credit cuts
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell confirmed this afternoon that Labour will reverse the Tories’ cuts to tax credits if…
The mother on Question Time doesn’t need a lecture about voting Tory
The video of the tearful mother on Question Time explaining to Cabinet minister Amber Rudd what losing her tax…
