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The challenges facing Jim Murphy are immense
The new Scottish Labour leader will need to show Scottish voters that the party north of the border is able to think independently.
There is no evidence that migrants are under-cutting the wages of British workers
We need to apportion blame to the bosses and their business models, rather than scapegoating one group of workers.
Why it’s dishonest to claim that the NHS isn’t being privatised
To hold ideological support for the privatisation is one thing, but to pretend it isn’t happening is a far more insidious lie.
This week’s most read: breastfeeding, deficit reduction and a roads revolution
The most read stories on Left Foot Forward this week: 1. Ignore Farage and worry about the real breastfeeding scandal – Jill Rutter 2. We don’t need Osborne’s ‘roads revolution’ – we need a green revolution – Josiah Mortimer 3. Why Labour’s deficit planstest
Labour are stuck on a ‘things can only be mildly improved’ mantra
Ed Miliband talked sense yesterday, but the electorate still need some form of greater succour.
Misleading Ofwat promise won’t stop water prices rising
Added inflation means that prices will continue to rise for consumers.
Labour’s policies for improving schools seem conspicuously absent
Labour needs to set out a clear vision for dealing with the problems described by Ofsted.
Surge in Scottish Green membership
Membership of the Scottish Green Party has seen a staggering increase of over 600 per cent since January.
Severe failings in the government’s crime checks for migrants
Despite the Tories’ tough rhetoric on immigration, it is clear that they do not have a grip on the increasing demand for British visas.
G20 growth up to 0.9 per cent
The OECD have released data showing that GDP in the G20 area grew by 0.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2014, up from 0.8 per cent in the previous quarter.