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Left Foot Forward vs The TaxPayers’ Alliance
Left Foot Forward’s James Bloodworth takes on John O’Connell of the TaxPayer’s Alliance over the mansions tax.
US Politics Digest: Hagel vote put back, Republicans cold on Obama’s SOTU and more
Larry Smith takes an eclectic look at the moves and shakers in US politics this week.
Why a mansion tax? Why now?
Left Foot Forward makes the case for a mansion tax based on the fact that within the current council tax system the rich do not pay their fair share.
Poll warns Holyrood not to obsess on independent Scotland
A new poll has found that Scottish voters are more concerned with the bread and butter issues such as the cost of living than they are an independent Scotland.
Comment: Macmillan never quite broke with small ‘c’ conservatism – One Nation Labour must be more dynamic
Richard Carr is a research fellow at the Labour History Research Unit As Ed Miliband’s ‘Mansion Tax’ speech proves, for perhaps the first time Harold Macmillan is in fashion right now. At first glance this is odd – in thetest
Look Left – The Pope, falling living standards and Miliband’s mansion tax
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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Osborne under increasing pressure to move to the right
The chancellor George Osborne is coming under increasing pressure from tory back benchers and the governor of the bank of England to pursue a more right wing agenda.
Comment: Miliband’s support for the mansion tax marks return of Labour as a genuine alternative
Blogger Salman Shaheen welcomes Labour’s pledge to bring back the 10p tax rate paid for by a mansion tax on properties worth more than £2million.
Five reasons progressives should support Ed’s mansion tax
Left Foot Forward sets out five reasons progressives should support Ed Miliband’s proposed ‘mansion tax’.