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Budget 2014: If Osborne doesn’t invest in the regions, others won’t either
The gap between the coalition’s rhetoric and its record on regional growth has been dire.
Increasing the higher rate tax threshold does not help middle-income earners
By far the biggest gainers from an increase in the 40p threshold are families in the top income decile.
Immigration must work for people on low and middle incomes
Simply telling people that high migration is inevitable and that they shouldn’t worry is not the way to gain public trust.
London is important, but it can’t go it alone
The UK is making schoolboy errors with its economic development policy.
The crisis in crisis support – reversing the slow abolition of welfare assistance funding
The abolition of the Local Welfare Assistance fund makes scant social or economic sense.
When the floods recede, commitment to act on climate change must surge
If we are to find a positive from these devastating floods, it must be a renewal in our efforts to contain the worst of climate change.