Who are Reform’s biggest donors?
Reform UK’s donors this quarter include crypto investor Christopher Harborne, the owner of the Daily Mail’s wife and Sotheby’s
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Union membership and the arc of inequality (graph)
A fascinating graph by Colin Gordon for Dissent magazine shows the relationship in the United States between union membership and inequality.
The Week in Washington: Supreme Court hears gay marriage cases, Obama backs senators to reach immigration deal and more
Larry Smith gives his weekly US politics round up.
Look Left – Immigrants coming over here paying for our pensions, Boris and David
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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Cardiff airport nationalised
The Welsh government has taken the unprecedented step of buying Cardiff Airport amidst on-going concerns about its performance and ability to compete with nearby Bristol.
‘Greenest government ever’ presides over emissions increase
There was an increase in the level of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions in 2012, with UK net emissions of carbon dioxide 4.5 per cent higher than 2011, figures out today reveal.
All in it together? Why the chancellor needs a map and a calculator
Despite some headline-grabbing measures, last week’s Budget was another chapter in a series of spending decisions that once again highlight how Treasury officials, economists, and the politicians they advise rarely look at how their decisions pan out across the country.
Council tax changes will ‘push more people into poverty’
The coalition’s changes to council tax benefits will “invariably push more people into poverty or deeper into poverty”, according to a report out today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
New energy minister questions climate change targets
Tory MP Michael Fallon has replaced John Hayes as energy minister.
Last week Fallon questioned whether “specific targets, for example on…climate change, are the best way of focusing our spending where it is most needed”.
Human rights groups hit out at Liam Fox for Bahrain summit
Liam Fox has been criticised by human rights groups for his decision to appear at a conference in Bahrain designed to improve the country’s image.