June 2010
Progressive taxation to reduce the deficit
The Government wants taxation to contribute just a 1/5 to deficit reduction. A range of think tanks and The Economist are advising them to focus more on taxes.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
A look back at the week's news, including the outcome of the Saville Inquiry, the £2bn Lib-Con spending cuts and Rupert Murdoch's move for total control of BSkyB.
Do we really know what voters think about immigration?
Before the General Election, Ipsos MORI found immigration to be the forth most important issue concerning voters. In March YouGov found Labour was perceived as the worst major party on dealing with the issue of immigration...
The week outside Westminster
A round-up of the week's political news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Tax increases must play a greater role in deficit reduction
A truly progressive government would give a bigger role to increasing taxes than was suggested in either the Conservative or Liberal Democrat manifestos.
What’s the damage?
We have been warned that next week’s Emergency Budget could bring pain for years to come. Cameron’s coalition has promised that such pain is inevitable but that the medicine will be administered fairly. But there remain many questions about what such ‘fairness’ means in practice.