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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Why we need a political campaign to reinstate the NHS
By removing the mandate on government to provide a health service, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is the crowning achievement of the architects of this long recessional from universality. Our response must be political too.
EU migrants flooding over here…paying for our pensions
Now that we’ve pulled apart the idea that newly-arrived immigrants are being fast-tracked to social housing ahead of indigenous Britains, it’s worth a quick look at the myth that immigrants are somehow a drain on the economy; that there is a pressing need to “get tough” with them, send them home, afflict various hardships on them, whatever takes your right-wing fancy.
If Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme is a success, another housing market crash may be just around the corner
Despite bits and pieces to encourage provision of a few more affordable homes within the social sector, the big housing news from last week’s budget was that the government is seeking to expand home ownership again after a decline in the number and proportion of homeowners since 2005.
Devolution is better bet that independence, argues Carwyn Jones
This weekend two first ministers went head to head with their competing views on the future of the Union.
More dodgy crime claims from Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has released his new Policing Plan today. To mark the occasion he has written about his glorious record at cutting crime in the Daily Telegraph. The problem is that Boris’s record at cutting crime just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Economic failure, backbenchers out of control – blame the immigrants
Terrified of hemorrhaging voters to Ukip, the Conservatives have started to rattle the stick around the swill bucket again on immigration.
The challenge of post tax haven Cyprus – and why, so far, the Troika has failed it
Cyprus is moving into unknown territory today, if not wholly by choice. The deal now agreed to close Laiki Bank and massively restructure the Bank of Cyprus will mean substantial losses for depositors with more then €100,000 in their accounts, but that’s just the beginning of the tale.
OBR report shows extent of lost economic potential
Of all the decisions the chancellor has made, the one he may be regret the most is making the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) independent.
Graph showing Osborne’s failure as chancellor
The below graph shows the trajectory of the US and UK economies under both George Bush and Barack Obama and Gordon Brown and David Cameron respectively.
It pretty much speaks for itself.
This week’s most read: a regressive budget, Workfare and Leveson
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.