The graphs that should worry Ed Miliband
With the House rising next week for Christmas, and following his underwhelming performance at PMQs yesterday, Ed Miliband has much to think about as heads home.
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Cameron ignores evidence literally in front of his face
Alex Hern reports on Ed Balls’s active background role in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, and his canny prepared graph.
Miliband attacks Osborne’s “dangerous gamble” and “catastrophic mistakes” on economy
Speaking ahead of George Osborne’s autumn statement, Ed Miliband launched a scathing attack on the chancellor’s economic record, competency and strategy today.
Miliband fails to nail Cameron on bankers, greed and regulation
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over fat cat pay, bankers’ bonuses and banking regulation at a story Prime Minister’s Questions today, reports Shamik Das.
Why is Cameron repeating his job creation lies?
David Cameron repeated at Prime Minister’s Questions, for the third time, lies about the number of private sector jobs created since the 2010 general election.
Miliband and Balls need to be more vocal in support of the Robin Hood Tax
Labour needs to come out and tackle the UK government’s misleading claim the Financial Transaction Tax, aka the Robin Hood Tax, is just a ‘Brussels tax’.
Let’s end the tyranny of the big six energy companies
Andy Atkins calls on readers to join Friends of the Earth’s “Final Demand” campaign, and explains why the ‘Big Six’ energy companies need their dominance ended.
The Purple Book: Bland and tragic
Carl Packman reviews ‘The Purple Book’, concluding: “On what the book did say it was bland; on what it didn’t say it was tragic.”
As energy company buckles, Miliband needs to pick more battles
Ed Miliband’s success on reforming the energy sector shows a new high-risk, high-reward strategy for him: fighting the entrenched interests others won’t touch.
Commons to vote today on Labour’s five-point plan for jobs
While the Lords votes on the NHS reforms, Labour will use an Opposition Day Debate in the Commons to debate the economy, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.