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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The Budget 2013: More of the same failed strategy
What this Budget has done is entrench this chancellor’s misguided policy and has squandered the opportunity of the last three years to significantly invest in UK infrastructure to make the country fit to compete in the 21st century.
Impact of the budget on households in 2014/15
Impact of the budget on households in 2014/15.
Distributional impact of 10K personal allowance
As you can see from the graph, the idea that the £10 thousand pound personal allowance is about anything resembling fairness is a nonsense. As the graph below shows, those who benefit most from the policy are those on thetest
Live: Budget 2013
Left Foot Forward will be covering George Osborne’s budget live.
Budget leaked by Evening Standard
Budget leaked by Evening Standard
Has stagnation caught up with the labour market?
Today’s figures (covering November to January) have people wondering if the labour market may be running out of road. The key figure in today’s release is for pay. Average weekly earnings for regular pay (3 month average) in January were just 1.2 per cent higher than they had been a year earlier – the fifth successive fall in the annual rate of increase.
Budget 2013: The chancellor must build, build and build
Housing development is a cost-effective way out of recession that doesn’t suck in imports but tackles a number of problems.
Unemployment up 7,000 to 2.52 million
Unemployment rose by 7,000 between November 2012 and January 2013 to 2.52 million, but the unemployment rate stays at 7.8%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Budget 2013: What to look out for
Left Foot Forward has looked at a few things we already know will be in today’s Budget as well as at those things which stand half a chance of making it.
Budget 2013: Reducing inequality should be at the forefront of Osborne’s mind today
The defining societal trend in the UK over the past 30 years has been the growth in inequality, with an ever higher share of the national income captured by a wealthy elite, while the wages of ordinary working people stagnate. Redressing the balance need not come at a cost to enterprise.