European Union
EU deal on capping bonuses will change the financial sector
Labour may have temporarily lost legislative power in Westminster, but Labour MEPs still have that power and used it to great effect last week, securing strict limits on upfront cash bonuses to ensure that bonuses are linked to long-term success rather than mere risk-taking.
Tory MEPs break government line in opposing Gaza resolution
Anybody who doubted the incoherence of Tory policy in the European Parliament should be convinced following the news that they split three ways on a resolution condemning the Israeli flotilla attack.
Cameron plays the statesman in predictable Brussels affair
As ever at these occasions, the choreography was exquisite. David Cameron's first European summit as British prime minister was always going to be of intense interest to the media...
Miliband calls for strong, outward looking Europe
As it stands, the number of nominations each candidate has received are: Diane Abbott - 9; Ed Balls - 33; Andy Burnham - 26; John McDonnell - 15; David Miliband -71; Ed Miliband - 54.
Balls’ EU immigration claims don’t stand up
Ed Balls devotes much of his recent Observer article to a discussion of migration policy, and in the process makes some claims that don’t stand up.
European social democrats must campaign together to create the Good Society
Social Democrats from across the EU are meeting in Istanbul to discuss the Good Society. Now largely out of power, they need to campaign on areas of common interest.