David Cameron’s economic policy today faces a new attack from a respected central banker. Paul Fisher, head of markets at the Bank of England, appears today to contradict remarks made by David Cameron in his leader’s speech at Conservative party conference a week ago.
Last week, David Cameron finally woke up to the crisis that has hit UK Steel since January this year. But Michael Leahy, General Secretary of Community, the steel union, asks what the support will mean.
This week the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos published twelve tests that Cameron must meet by 2012 to fulfil his pledge to have governed as a progressive. One in particular stands out. The Conservatives cannot credibly claim to be progressive while supporting a cut in inheritance tax.
David Cameron spoke yesterday ‘marginal deduction rates,’ the amount given back to the state in lost benefits, lost tax credits, and paid taxes as a worker earns an extra pound. But this is not a new problem and the Labour government has more than halved the number of people facing these high marginal rates.
Please find below passages from David Cameron’s speech and our commentary. We will be updating this throughout the afternoon so please check back later. “There will have to be cutbacks in public spending” But what about tax rises? The publictest
The Tories today paraded a world-leader in tackling climate change, while keeping their far-Right climate change-denying European allies firmly behind doors.
Fresh from watching his former adviser convicted of fraud yesterday, Boris Johnson faces further embarrassment with the revelation the celebrity cyclist flew to Manchester for the Tory party conference. The Mayor of London has made great play of his greentest
Two senior Green MEPs have spoken out against David Cameron’s decision to move Conservative MEPs from the European People’s Party grouping to the new European Conservative and Reformists, criticising his decision to join forces with people who “deny that theretest
Tory Euro-scepticism puts hard-earned workers’ rights at risks.
Detailed look at Mr Cameron’s “Get Britain Working” plans, which include proposals to get people off Incapacity Benefit and on to Jobseeker’s Allowance.
