Britain on the slow road to broadband
The OECD yesterday released a tranche of statistics on broadband penetration in member countries as of the end of 2009
Yearly Archives: 2010
Politics Summary: Monday, June 14th
Want to receive this politics summary in your inbox by 9am every morning? Sign up here. The Financial Times reports that, “Senior Liberal Democrats are warning George Osborne to resist pressure from the Tory right to retreat from the coalition government’stest
A new hope v the old attitudes
The question of how best to build the progressive fight back was the subject of the Left Foot Forward/Labour List fringe at the Compass conference yesterday.
Labour needs a leader that Leads for Women
Let’s make sure our next leader leads for women. We’ll be asking all the leadership contenders what they think of our proposals; see http://lead4women.wordpress.com/
Special expediency
Nine months ago Nick Clegg vowed to remove government special advisers’ salaries from the taxpayers burden. He is now spending £165,000 on his two spads.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
This week saw more evidence of just how savage the Coalition’s cuts would be, while for Labour, the final five who made the leadership shortlist were unveiled.
The week outside Westminster
The latest news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Building the infrastructure for a progressive fight back
The latest post-election conference takes place tomorrow at the Institute of Education, organised by Compass, with a theme of “A New Hope” for progressive politics.
Capital gains tax could be Cameron’s first big failure
Capital gains tax reform is one of the biggest issues currently facing the Coalition Government; there is a major debate taking place on how the tax can be reformed & made fairer.
To defend the cuts, Labour must be clear about the size of government
In today’s Guardian, Will Straw argues that Labour must “pick what it thinks is the right size of the public sector.” A wealth tax is one way to protect against cuts.