Where can investment come from?
Stephen Beer investigates why investment is not reaching the UK economy and what Labour can do to induce investment among our nation’s businesses.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Former SNP deputy leader: Salmond is “totalitarian” and the SNP “intellectually dumb”
The SNP’s former deputy leader has accused the party under Alex Salmond’s leadership of being “totalitarian” and becoming an “intellectually dumb party”.
Comment: Hollande wades into choppy waters over Europe
Francois Hollande’s promises have become a reality of more of the same, with poll ratings sliding and division within the French Socialist party.
Wales orders re-marking of GCSE English papers – will Gove follow suit?
The WJEC exam board will re-grade all GCSE English Language papers taken over the summer following ongoing concerns about how fairly candidates were treated.
Balls attacks long-term damage of Osborne’s “short-term pain”
Ed Balls will today warn of the “long-term damage” being done to the economy and “long-term price” paid by the country for George Osborne’s economic failures.
Minister for Disabled People opposed Remploy closures. Now, she, er…
In the recent reshuffle came a lot of news. However the story of Esther McVey is one that escaped the public eye. She now must sack the workers she defended.
100,000 families will lose out in coalition’s childcare shake-up
The planned shake up of child benefit system will affect families and their incomes, new research by The Children’s society shows. Is it time for a re-think?
Five key points about the welfare cuts that are damaging the economy
Shamik Das writes about the five key points everyone should know about the welfare cuts that are damaging the UK economy.
Two-thirds think the economy is “too harsh” on ordinary working people
Tomorrow, Stan Greenberg will publish new research examining people’s perceptions of whether the economy is harsh on ‘ordinary people’.
Will our golden summer bring about lasting change?
Shamik Das reports on post-Games polling on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics from Channel Four and the British Future think tank.