50p tax rate: play the world’s smallest violin for the rich
I won’t be playing the world’s smallest violin for those affected by the proposed 50p tax rate, and neither should you.
Labour
SNP crushed by Labour in Cowdenbeath
Labour has held the seat of Cowdenbeath in a Scottish Parliamentary by-election sparked by the death in November of the sitting MSP, Helen Eadie.
SNP and Labour unite to seek bedroom tax repeal
Labour has agreed to work with the SNP to look at legal ways of removing the bedroom tax.
Britain should take our share of Syrian refugees
All three parties should consider making a much stronger, long term commitment to refugee resettlement in their manifestos.
John Denham is right about two things
John Denham is right about two things: we need more diverse higher education provision and we need to reassess the value for money of higher education.
Labour’s higher education plans fall short of a first
Refusing to do away with loans and pussyfooting around business contributions are not the ingredients for a winning Higher Education system.
Evidence that coalition cuts hitting poorest harder
Spending cuts to local government appear to have fallen on poorer (Labour) areas far more severely than wealthier (Tory) ones.
Labour should be arguing for more than 500 Syrian refugees
If Nigel Farage is able to make the case for Syrian asylum seekers, Ed Miliband should be able to.
Challenging Tory attacks on education can boost Labour’s support
It is by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity that Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters.
Voters fed up with independence obsession
New survey data has revealed just how out of touch the chattering classes are with public opinion on the issue of Scottish independence.