Five challenges facing the new Pope
Left Foot Forward spoke to Catholic Voice writer and speaker Peter D. Williams about the challenges ahead for the new pontiff.
75% of UK voters support a Mansion Tax, including 68% of Tory Voters
New polling shows overwhelming support among the public for a mansion tax, with voters from all three main parties backing the measure by a significant majority.
Manufacturing and production see fall in output for January
Manufacturing and production see falls in output in January
Osborne to miss deficit reduction target by at least two years, new figures suggest
Government borrowing will overshoot the chancellor’s target by £8bn this financial year, according to predictions published today by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Theresa May’s dismal record
A quick glance at Theresa May’s parliamentary record reveals a fairly dismal record from which to mount a leadership challenge.
Four chasing every UK job
Four people are chasing every job in England, Scotland and Wales, and in some areas more than 10 jobseekers are chasing each vacancy, according to a new survey.
Elizabeth Warren: Drug dealers go to jail while bankers sleep in their beds at night
American senator Elizabeth Warren has launched a scathing attack on US bank regulators for allowing British bank HSBC to continue doing business in the U.S. despite confessing to what one regulator called “egregious” money laundering violations.
Look Left – El Comandante, Payday lenders and immigration
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
David Cameron is being totally disingenuous on food banks
Yesterday during Prime Minister’s Questions, David Cameron responded to a question on food banks by claiming that the use of food banks increased “ten times under Labour”.
When Cameron says this he is factually correct. He is being totally disingenuous, however.
British workers see biggest fall in wages among wealthiest countries
British workers have suffered the biggest fall in the value of their wages of any of the world’s wealthiest countries, according to a new study from the TUC.