Millionaire footballers exposed as the latest tax dodgers
England’s top footballers have become the latest high-profile individuals to be named and shamed as tax dodgers, reports Shamik Das.
Shamik Das
Radical ideas for a progressive majority: Making the media more accountable
Better regulation of the media – holding them to account like public servants are – was one of the ideas discussed at the Dragons Den session at the Fabian conference.
Miliband: “Let’s work with the progressive Lib Dems”
Ed Miliband held out the ‘hand of friendship’ to Lib Dems “appalled” at the direction “Nick Clegg and his hench-people” had taken the party, reports Shamik Das.
Look Left – Miliband hails “first step in a long journey” as Labour hold Oldham
Shamik Das reports on Labour’s comprehensive victory in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, plus the rest of the week’s political news.
New day of action against tax avoiders planned
Anti-cuts activists UK Uncut are to hold a day of action against tax avoiders on January 30th, as False Economy launches a poll of the “top ten tax shirkers”.
Three-quarters of English pupils to face funding cut
Seventy five per cent of state school students in England face a funding cut in 2011/12, with the figure for the south east and south west up to 90 per cent.
Treasury refuses to confirm Clegg’s £10k tax threshold pledge
The Treasury today refused to confirm Nick Clegg’s announcement in yesterday’s Sun – that he would raise the tax threshold to £10,000 – as government policy.
No2AV campaign distances itself from TaxPayers’ Alliance – or does it?
The gaffe-prone No2AV campaign appears to be trying to decontaminate its brand by axing Matthew Elliott as director and installing 2010 Tory PPC Charlotte Vere.
Sheriff attacks “vitriol” about “tearing down” govt. after Arizona shooting
An Arizona sheriff has attacked “the vitriol… the anger, the hatred, the bigotry” in America following the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Giffords.
Left has a difficult job to create an alternative but is winning the argument
The overwhelming consensus among panellists and delegates at today’s Netroots conference is that the Left is winning many of the debates about spending cuts.