Budget 2010: Protect those hit hardest by the recession
The target to halve child poverty by 2010 looks certain to be missed. But the Budget should contain measures to protect the incomes of poor working families.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Politics Summary: Thursday, March 18th
The chairman of the Financial Services Authority has pronounced much City activity “economically useless”. According to the Times, “Lord Turner questioned the conventional wisdom that proprietary trading by banks was beneficial because it boosted liquidity and that securitisation and othertest
Charlie Whelan: I won’t hide from Pickles’ trade union witch-hunt
In an exclusive interview with Left Foot Forward, Charlie Whelan has singled out Eric Pickles for undertaking a “witch-hunt” against trade unions.
Budget 2010: Britain needs a Green New Deal
Building a low-carbon economy could be worth in the order of £200 billion from now through to 2020, and hundreds of billions more than that through to 2030.
Welsh public services face “significant pain”
Faced with the prospect of cuts worth £1.5 billion, Welsh public services could find themselves running out of money if they do not undertake urgent reforms.
Digital Economy Bill: the final instalment
With the third reading of the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Lords, the Bill is now looking like a home run in its present form.
Time for a High Pay Commission?
Our guest writer is Gina Byrne of Compass “Why is it always the little guy who gets shafted?” The question hung in the air momentarily, echoing around the large committee room. It was what everyone present – and perhaps thetest
Miliband ads “don’t go far enough” says Green leader
The climate change adverts banned today do not go far enough in their warnings of the dangers of inaction, the Green party leader has told Left Foot Forward.
Questions remain over Labour’s plans to axe Lords
How should reformers greet the government’s proposals, leaked to the Telegraph last week, to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected “Senate”?
Labour market in holding pattern
Unemployment has unexpectedly fallen. The labour market effectively remains in a holding pattern with encouraging headline numbers, but worry underlying trends.