Keir Starmer roasts Reform UK at PMQs over Russian bribes
The Prime Minister’s comments caused much laughter across the Commons, with Farage and his deputy Richard Tice looking annoyed.
Reform councillor poses with far-right Homeland Party member who claims ‘black people can’t be Scottish’
“One of Reform’s leading representatives in Scotland is keeping company with members of the fascist Homeland Party.”
Council sees ‘spike’ in complaints against councillors since Reform took control
“It strikes me as a lack of trust in how the council is being run”
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‘Myself and many teachers feed children with bread or crackers’
A damning new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has suggested that schools are being forced to shut down vital breakfast clubs as a direct result of the squeeze in public spending.
In style and substance, the budget spells more doom and gloom for greens
If Ed Miliband want to differentiate Labour from the Tories, it could start by showcasing its environmentally friendly economic policies.
Who is Justin Welby?
Left Foot Forward looked at the new Archbishop and his opinions on the issues that are at the epicenter of the church’s present problems.
The chancellor’s plan has failed and we are all paying the price
Within just three months the OBR’s forecast for growth in 2013 has been halved. The economy now looks set to be smaller at the time of the next election than it was when the crash hit in 2008 and our recovery remains the slowest in over a century. When the government took office they thought this year would see the economy expand by 2.9 per cent – their own forecasts now show we won’t reach that rate of growth by 2017.
The economic case for a new approach has never been stronger.
Look Left – Drown your sorrows, Leveson and ten years on from Iraq
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
The assumptions underpinning the budget are simply absurd
My candid opinion then is that the assumptions underpinning the budget are simply absurd: there is no way this growth in incomes is gong to happen whatever changes are being made to the income tax system.
Where Osborne’s cuts might fall
Where George Osborne’s departmental cuts might fall.
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How the coalition has been helping millionaires – a graph
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has today produced a graph in its post-budget analysis showing just how regressive this government’s measures are – or in plain English, how favourable the coalition’s policies have been to the wealthy.
Budget 2013: IFS says borrowing in 2014 will be 70bn more than hoped in 2010
Budget 2013: IFS says borrowing in 2014 will be 70bn more than hoped in 2010.