Miliband attacks Osborne’s “dangerous gamble” and “catastrophic mistakes” on economy
Speaking ahead of George Osborne’s autumn statement, Ed Miliband launched a scathing attack on the chancellor’s economic record, competency and strategy today.
Shamik Das
Clegg needs to turn anger at dugout discrimination into action
Nick Clegg will speak today of the unacceptable situation of so few black managers in English football; Shamik Das outlines a solution to the shameful problem.
Unless pay gaps are reduced, we’ll end up with Victorian levels of inequality
Unless the trend towards greater inequality is halted, we may end up back at the levels of disparity “evident in Victorian England”, the High Pay Commission says.
Look Left – Tories past and present battle to out-nasty each other
The past week brought a reminder of just how unpalatable some elements of David Cameron’s Conservative party still are; Shamik Das rounds up the week’s news.
He sees no corruption, hears no racism and speaks no sense: It’s time to kick Blatter out
FIFA president Sepp Blatter caused outrage last night by saying footballers who had been racially abused should just “shake hands” with their abusers.
Clegg under fire over voter registration, party funding and youth unemployment
Nick Clegg was grilled on boundary changes, the voter registration reforms, party funding, youth unemployment and child detention at DPMQ’s in the Commons today.
Kellner: May’s immigration rhetoric “seems to have backfired with public opinion”
A majority of the public (56 per cent) and nearly two-fifths of Tory supporters (38%) believe home secretary Theresa May should resign over the borders fiasco.
Never forget
The nation will fall silent today, in memory of all who have fallen in conflict; they gave their lives so we could live ours, in peace, in freedom, in liberty.
Look Left – UK growth forecast to be worse than eurozone
We may be out of the eurozone but the UK economy is set to grow by less than all but four EU states this autumn, a new report revealed today, reports Shamik Das.
Capo di tutti capi plays dumb when quizzed about Murdoch mafia’s “omerta”
The Murdoch empire was compared to the mafia when James Murdoch reappeared before the culture, media and sport select committee today, reports Shamik Das.