Green Politics
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.
Capital gains tax could be Cameron’s first big failure
Capital gains tax reform is one of the biggest issues currently facing the Coalition Government; there is a major debate taking place on how the tax can be reformed & made fairer.
To defend the cuts, Labour must be clear about the size of government
In today's Guardian, Will Straw argues that Labour must "pick what it thinks is the right size of the public sector." A wealth tax is one way to protect against cuts.
Lawson still won’t come clean about sceptic foundation’s funding
Since its inception, Lord Lawson's climate-denying Global Warming Policy Foundation has been dogged by questions about funding.
Reality check on star chambers and fiscal deficits: A view from Canada
The Canadian experience shows that a government needs to get much more creative and draconian than that - but the UK anything near the level of intergovernmental transfers ripe for the cutting.
The alternative to “Osborne’s bombshell”
The Government plans to "tackle Labour's legacy of debt" yet they are also proposing a number of tax cuts. But there is an alternative way to reducing the deficit.