Green Politics
Don’t believe the spin: the middle class didn’t beat the downturn
The press was filled with stories yesterday about the middle class 'beating the downturn'. It's a shame it didn't happen, writes Matt Broomfield.
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The real squeezed middle could stagnate for 20 years
Joe Coward writes about the real 'squeezed middle', and details how it could take until 2020 for their income to reach the level it was in 2001.
Labour and the Conservatives need to reach out to the ordinary voter
Policy Exchange’s David Skelton argues Labour and the Tories need to reconnect with the ordinary voter, and lays out policies which could make it happen.
In Daily Telegraph-ese, the “squeezed middle” means the very rich
The Daily Telegraph thinks the ‘squeezed middle’ begins at more than twice the ninetieth percentile of earners, writes Left Foot Forward’s Daniel Elton.
How hard is it for families to keep their heads above water?
James Plunkett, secretary to the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on ‘minimum income standards’.
Kellner: Labour needs a vision of “Total Britain”
The president of YouGov, Peter Kellner, has argued that Labour party allusions to ‘middle Britain’ are “no longer useful” for developing a political strategy.