The Queen’s Speech: What should be in (but isn’t)
Here are five announcements we would have liked to have seen today.
Still think we don’t need Miliband’s price freeze?
The energy companies are now making a record £96 per household.
Video: Tony Blair smacks down a ranting Nigel Farage
Whatever your opinion of the former prime minister, he certainly knows how to take the argument to Nigel Farage.
Coalition ‘in denial’ about food bank use, according to new report
The coalition needs to “own up to the role it’s playing” in the growth of food banks, a new report says.
Why the gap between rich and poor has narrowed. And why it won’t last
The narrowing of inequality is almost certainly a temporary blip.
FT journalist in Piketty takedown accused of ‘serious errors’ of his own
New analysis by the economic consultant Howard Reed supports Piketty’s view that inequality is on the rise.
10 things you should know about UKIP’s new MEPs
A closer look at 10 of the UK’s new representatives in Brussels is shocking, even by UKIP’s standards.
The left’s approach to immigration should differ from the Blair approach
The Blair approach to immigration is neo-liberal rather than social democratic.
Three left-wing answers to the questions posed by UKIP
Don’t despair, there are progressive answers to the questions posed by UKIP.
It’s time to bust some myths about benefit fraud and tax avoidance
Get angry about people playing the system by all means, but start at the top and work your way down if you expect to be taken seriously.