Integration should be the focus of immigration policy, not posturing
Poverty and job insecurity are more strongly associated with support for UKIP than migration.
EU
Until recently the Tories said Jose Manuel Barroso’s views were ‘definitive’
When the European Commission president agrees with David Cameron his views are ‘definitive’.
Older women are demanding a better deal and Labour must deliver it
The UK has a 43 per cent gap between pensions received by men and women – the third highest level in the EU.
Row over CETA free trade deal escalates
The row between Canada and Germany over the future of the stalled CETA free trade deal rumbles on after Germany said it wanted to re-open the talks.
Why I’m fighting the anti-democratic TTIP
The role of politicians is to represent the interests of society, not corporations.
A lesson in democracy – from the European Parliament
When it comes to representative democracy, Parliament could learn a thing or two from Europe.
The Conservatives’ plan to scrap the Human Rights Act will be applauded by dictators around the world
Chris Grayling’s proposals are a calculated move to win over UKIP’s growing constituency of angry little men
Britain’s credit rating safer under Labour, says S&P
Britain’s triple A credit rating would be better protected under a Labour government than under the the Tories.
Is Lord Hill’s appointment really a ‘victory for Britain’?
The tendency to see EU policy as a battle between competing nations should be more problematic for the left.
The British left must wake up to TTIP
For Labour, TTIP should be a red flag: it’s the one element of the EU over which the Tories aren’t tearing themselves apart.