Will Straw
Will Straw founded Left Foot Forward in 2009 and was its first Editor. Follow him on Twitter.
Reform’s masochistic fiscal folly
If Reform’s programme were implemented it would see government spending fall to 38.7 per cent - lower than under any Conservative government since the 1960s.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, June 16th
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The Guardian reports that Dave Prentis, general secretary of […]
David Miliband backs High Pay Commission
David Miliband has today backed calls for a High Pay Commission. He becomes the third leadership candidate to do so after his brother, Ed, and Diane Abbott.
Osborne’s ideological tax cuts will have to be financed
As noted in our Politics Summary, George Osborne is taking a bit of a kicking today over his pre-election claims that Britain was risking a "Greek tragedy"...
Britain’s newspaper industry on the slide
I just got sent a press release from the OECD on "The future of news and the Internet" which contains this fascinating graph showing estimated newspaper publishing market decline...
No case to cut more than Labour
In the March Budget, Labour set out plans to cut public spending by £38 billion. The OBR's report today provides no justification to go any further next week.