Miliband’s been quicker to notice the effectiveness of competition policy on better banking
Ed Miliband’s speech shows that politicians of all stripes have had damascene conversions on their attitudes to the banking sector.
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Competitor banks are needed to shake up the system
Competitor banks to shake up the system should primarily have community interests as its focus. What Miliband is signalling at today is a good first move.
Ed Miliband’s speech: fixing the long-term problems
The key is convincing voters that Miliband has the a better solution than George Osborne without creating a rod for his own back by claiming that he can completely ‘fix’ the economy.
A minimum wage increase is long overdue
An increase in the minimum wage is long overdue.
Mo Farah: from lefty hero to tax exile in 10 short months
Last year Mo Farah was calling on the chancellor to crack down on tax avoidance. Now he want to be a tax exile.
The first place to start on bankers’ pay is that it needs to be lower
Does anyone deserve to make sums of money so far in excess of what the majority of UK workers earn?
Shares for rights scheme ‘a big flop’
Osborne has found it difficult to get employers’ organisations to back the scheme.
Cabinet papers remind us of Thatcherism’s ongoing legacy
As George Osborne announces more cuts to welfare, again causing an even more divided and unequal society, we must learn the economic lessons of the past.
Means-testing pensioner entitlements: good economics, bad politics
Taking away the entitlements of wealthy pensioners may be good economics, but it would be incredibly risky for the Tory party.
Skilled jobs will not come through quick fix initiatives such as Enterprise Zones
The resurrection of 1980s style Enterprise Zones is proving to be a new embarrassment for the government.