Coalition deficit reduction has made UK tax base more regressive
The coalition’s deficit reduction plan has increased the overall tax burden on the poor, says new study.
The NHS: best healthcare system in the world, according to new study
According to new international rankings, the NHS comes out on top while the U.S. performs poorly across almost all health measures.
NHS waiting times hit 3 million for first time in six years
Almost three million patients are on an NHS waiting list for the first time in six years, according to new figures released today.
Unemployment down 161,000 to 2.6 million
Unemployment decreased by 161,000 in the three months to April 2014 to 2.6 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.6 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
How Labour can woo back working class voters
It isn’t enough to promise only to ‘listen’ to working class concerns.
Left Foot Forward readers overwhelmingly back free movement
74 per cent do not want restrictions put on the free movement of labour within the EU.
Michael Gove in 2007: ‘There is something rather unBritish about seeking to define Britishness’
As Michael Gove originally wrote, there is something rather unBritish about seeking to define British values.
Number of Londoners using food banks doubles, new figures show
Almost 96,000 people collected three days emergency food aid from a London food bank in the last financial year.
Certain races ‘unsuited for life in a modern society’ – the shocking truth about new Tory Euro allies
An opinion poll of True Finn voters revealed that 51 per cent agreed with the statement: “People of certain races are unsuited for life in a modern society”.
The Queen’s Speech: not a recall bill, but a fudge
Today’s announcement ultimately puts the power of recall in the hands of parliament rather than the hands of constituents.