Osborne lets public bank bonuses rip, despite right’s obsession with public sector pay
If the right were really worried about inflating public sector pay, they may want to start with the bonuses of the public sector banks
Green Politics
What role do we want VAT to pay in our tax system?
James Plunkett, secretary to the Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards, writes of the need for a debate on the role of VAT in the tax system.
Tackling climate change: What went wrong, and how do we fix it
Barry Gardiner MP, the Leader of the Opposition’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Environment, on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Coalition subsidy for nuclear could spark major political fallout
Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas MP, writes about the Liberal Democrat u-turn on nuclear energy, and the need for a low-carbon future.
Eurozone must pool its debt for any chance of halting the crisis
Northerners may not like it, but a debt union is the only way out for the eurozone debt crisis, writes Left Foot Forward’s Ben Fox in Brussels.
The bad news in yesterday’s employment stats (and it’s not about migration)
The claim that migrants are disproportionately accessing jobs in Britain compared to workers of UK nationality is based on a simple misreading of the statistics.
Are the employment figures about to get worse?
The headline employment and unemployment figures may be about to take a turn for the worse, writes Richard Exell, Senior Policy Officer at the TUC.
Female unemployment highest for 15 years; outlook bleak
While the headline numbers in today’s labour market data release from the Office for National Statistics were largely positive, there were some worrying undercurrents.
Cameron commits to Welsh funding reform, but when?
David Cameron, addressing the Welsh Assembly today, gave hope that the funding formula for Wales could be reformed soon – but the prime minister didn’t say when.
Public support for cuts down compared to last year
Public support for the government’s spending cuts has slumped in the past year, according to the latest Harris poll for the Financial Times, reports Claire French.