City AM attack Osborne’s “short-sighted” banking policy
A City AM Editorial today defends British finance and business interests. It described George Osborne’s policy as “short-sighted, ignorant of the empirical evidence”
general election
Questions for the leaders
The first leaders’ debate takes place tonight. The party leaders should be asked tough questions on education, health, crime and immigration.
Making the case for votes at 16
Labour’s manifesto promise for “a free vote in Parliament on reducing the voting age to 16” has once again forced the issue of voting age back into the news.
Election Focus – Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein remain committed to its policy of not taking its seats in Westminster, seeing the 2010 campaign as a springbroad for next year’s Stormont elections.
The Lib Dem manifesto: a progressive perspective
The Liberal Democrats’ plans contain a number of progressive priorities. But their tax plans are regressive and the funding is “highly speculative”, say the IFS.
Tory Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed
The Tories’ new Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed. It is uncosted, inequitable, inefficient, and subject to top-down political control.
Cameron’s “Big Society” is in democratic deficit
David Cameron’s “Big Society” is in democratic deficit. It is merely a back-door way of allowing the wealthy and educated to clean up at the expense of the poor.
Election Focus – Alliance Party
David Ford is Northern Ireland’s first justice minister since Westminster took back control of policing powers from the previous Stormont government in 1972.
The mystery of the missing manifesto commitments
David Cameron has recently projected a series of high profile policy pledges to key progressive constituencies. They haven’t made it into the today’s manifesto.
The Conservative manifesto: a progressive perspective
The Conservative party manifesto will not include any of Left Foot Forward readers’ top five manifesto ideas. There overall green strategy has received some praise.