Tory Conference
Tories whitewash the millions set to lose from welfare reform
Sue Marsh presents her first thoughts on Chris Grayling and Iain Duncan Smith’s speeches on welfare reform at the Conservative party conference today.
Council tax freeze is a tax cut for the rich
Pete Challis explains how much more the rich benefit from a council tax freeze than the poor do.
Hammond hammers another nail in the coffin of the “greenest government ever”
Alex Hern looks at the problems with transport secretary Philip Hammond’s populist move to raise the speed limit to 80mph.
Pickles’s bribe to councils is a white elephant
Rupert Read discusses the flaws, in both aim and execution, of Eric Pickles’s plan to return to weekly bin collections.