August 2011
How Pickles’s brutal council tax benefit reforms will pulverise the working-age poor
Pickles' council tax benefit reform will disproportionaly affect the working-age population, incentivise local authorities to push poor people out to neighbouring boroughs, will penalise councils of poorer areas and create a patchwork of inconsistent systems.
Nick Pearce’s nominations for most influential left-wing thinker of 2010/11
Nick Pearce, Director of the IPPR, nominated four American academics who are influencing UK politics for the most influential left-winger of 2010/11
Britain is bottom of the G7’s growth table
Britain is bottom of the G7's growth league table. Excluding earthquake-hit Japan, Britain is growing more slowly than every other major developed economy.
Taxpayers’ Alliance attack NHS communications – just as government reprieves services
The Taxpayers Alliance is attacking Central London NHS trusts's decision to recruit a top level professional to lead communications - even though it may make a difference between life and death
Failure to remutualise Northern Rock does nothing to prevent repeat of collapse
At the time of the banking collapse, the Bank of England said that there was a need for more stable banking structures in the UK. So why isn't George Osborne remutualising Northern Rock?
Will the SDLP face a three way leadership contest?
Bad blood is continuing to run in the SDLP leadership challenge, which may spill over into a three-way contest.