Lib Dems: Our tax plans are fair and progressive
As the person responsible for drafting the Lib Dem manifesto I wanted to respond to the report on our proposal to raise the income tax threshold to £10,000.
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The week outside Westminster
Deposed Labour MP Anne Moffat had struck a deal to receive £30,000 a year for the rest of her life, then sought the Labour nomination.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, March 17th
A poll for the FT shows that the Tories are struggling to establish a lead in the north of England or Scotland among the unskilled working classes or among the under-25s. The paper writes that, “the findings suggest Mr Camerontest
How progressive are Clegg’s “tests”
Nick Clegg sets out four conditional “tests” for Liberal Democrat support of a minority government. They are not as progressive as they look at first sight.
Special interests have captured the copyright debate
Our guest writer is Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (@jimkillock) Progressive politics stands for justice and understanding, and facing up to corporate special interests to defend the public good. Yet somehow those corporate special interests havetest
Politics Summary: Wednesday, February 24th
The IMF warning on cutting the deficit too soon, the MPs’ report into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, schools, prisons and banks.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The economy, mutualism, the Taleban, climate change, Swedish schools and James Purnell.
Politics Summary: Thursday, February 18th
On the fifth anniversary of the fox hunting ban, the BBC reports that Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has written to the Tory leader urging him to rule out a repeal of the ban. The letter outlines how the ban hastest
What is Politics?
The 2010 election is likely to be the most closely contested in recent memory. ‘X Marks the Box’ is a book to try to get other people excited about politics again.
The progressive Left should support the Tory co-op policy
George Osborne’s public sector co-op policy has been criticised. But the Left should cheer the policy if they want to put progressive ideals above partisanship.