cost of living
London’s cost of living crisis: Boris needs to help ease the burden on households
Labour’s message to London Mayor Johnson is simple, when you’re able to help and support people by easing the burden on household finances, you should.
Citizens UK: “The Big Society is flawed if people have to work two jobs”
Peter Carrol interviews Neil Jameson, the founding director of Citizens UK, about the Living Wage campaign.
The railways: Yet another broken market in the UK
The price of train travel is being pushed up by government trying to wean the industry off subsidies - an outdared policy from the boom times.
How the Government could keep train fares down
The Government should also introduce a fuel tax on domestic flights, raising £460 million a year – enough to make up for revenue lost by cutting rather than increasing train fares.