Miliband and Balls unveil alternative Queens’ Speech
At a Q&A event this morning at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre (the venue Ed Miliband used for…
Tax
Houses, Social Care and an end to UK sponsored tax havens – an alternative Queen’s Speech
Recently Progress have been asking for suggestions as to what could constitute an alternative Labour Queen’s Speech, ahead…
Tax should be taxing
Tax is no longer the preserve of accountants and the HMRC. Picked up by the media and starting…
Livingstone campaign calls for “full household income disclosure”
Following last night’s Newsnight debate, Ken Livingstone’s campaign has argued that that “full disclosure” on an agreed basis…
We don’t want to all be in it together
Nearly two weeks on and the Budget is still niggling. George Osborne doesn’t just walk out into the political…
“When was the last time you bought a pasty in Greggs?”
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the George Osborne appearance at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday that launched…
Axing the 50p rate is no more than the Tories looking after Tories
The truth about whether to cut the current 50p top rate of tax, is that no one actually…
Why ‘millions versus the millionaires’ isn’t the slogan we need
Sometimes it is hard to remember how distinct and different the instincts and reactions of Labour Party members…
Three brilliant points made by George Osborne
George Osborne is a spectacularly wealthy man. That’s not my biased and tribal assessment of things, or if…
Council Tax: Deal or no deal?
The clock is ticking. Councils have until March 18th to decide whether they want to take up the Government’s…
