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The Bank of Salford shows how to challenge the big five banks
Mainstream banking facilities have all but disappeared from low income areas. The Bank of Salford offers an alternative model.
Tax proposals ‘useless’, argues Welsh First Minister
The First Minister of Wales has declared that the tax varying powers being offered to the Welsh government are “pretty much useless”.
Leaving the EU would put thousands of manufacturing jobs at risk
Stoking up anti-EU sentiment may be popular with the right-wing press, but it creates uncertainty around jobs and investment.
Katie Hopkins on stopping poor people having children: ‘difficult to enforce, but I do agree…in principle’
Earlier today I took part in a debate with controverisalist Katie Hopkins.
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.
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.
The Farage factor, rather than right wing policy, is winning UKIP votes
The assumption that UKIP is gaining in popularity because of its policies on immigration and Europe has been undermined by new polling.
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