Budget predictions and demands can be boring (read most of those in the Observer if you don’t believe me) but it is an annual requirement to make clear what you want knowing full well that you’ll be disappointed. If that’s to be the case I’ve decided to go for maximum remorse and show no restraint in what I’d hope for.
Larry Smith gives his weekly round up of politics across the pond.
Larry Smith takes an eclectic look at the moves and shakers in US politics this week.
Carl Packman looks at what Demos actually say on cash cards in their report this morning.
While hardly mentioned in the mid-term review, a key part of the coalition’s ‘renewal of vows’ will be next week’s launch of the Childcare Commission, which aims to make childcare more affordable for working parents. At present, Daycare Trust’s annualtest
Affordable childcare rather than the raising of the personal allowance would better help struggling families, writes IPPR’s Kayte Lawton.
Richard Bassford looks at what the the Living Wage means and how it can push us towards the “responsible capitalism” our party leaders love to talk about.
The government’s decision to stop aid to India is the latest instalment in a history of ignoring India.
Theresa May has announced that extradition to the United States is “incompatible with [Mr. McKinnon’s] human rights”. This is, according to the BBC’s Clive Coleman, the first time a home secretary has stepped in to block extradition to thetest
Nearly everyone agrees a decent job is the best way for someone to escape poverty. So why is the Dept. for International Development doing so little to help?
