Five things George Osborne won’t say in his Autumn Statement
We know most of what’s going to be in the Autumn Statement. But here’s what the chancellor won’t tell you today.
Ed Miliband: coalition is squeezing the middle not the deficit
Miliband will say that Britain needs a recovery for working people if the government is to ‘squeeze the deficit and not the middle’.
Three good things and three bad things from Cameron’s immigration speech
David Cameron’s immigration speech was more nuanced than it was briefed out beforehand. Rather than being yet another draconian crackdown, there were some welcome announcements. On that note, here are three good things and three bad things about the speech.
The success of East Coast shows that another model can work. And that’s why it terrifies the government
The government has pressed ahead with privatisation of the East Coast Mainline precisely because of its success.
Migration Watch and the Daily Express are dangerously close to open racism
What’s important to Migration Watch and the Express is not a baby boom as such, but a ‘foreign baby boom’.
The problem in Britain isn’t a ‘Westminster elite’, it’s poor social mobility all round
Politics is merely one of a number of professions that are increasingly dominated by the upper crust of British society.
What the left should take from Rochester and Strood
Majorities have group identities just like minorities, and that’s fine.
Natalie Bennett: We would not prop up a Tory government
Left Foot Forward editor James Bloodworth caught up with Natalie Bennett yesterday in the appropriately named ‘Ozone Cafe’ to talk about the television leader’s debate and more.
Ed Miliband might make you cringe, but if you care about inequality he’s the only option you have
Rampant and unjustifiable inequality is the biggest issue Britain faces, and he gets it.
Ed Miliband at the CBI: why we still need a responsible capitalism
The coalition has lost all interest in any sort of economic rebalancing in its dash for short-term growth.