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Has anyone else woken up this morning with a G8 hangover?

By Richard Darlington | Published: June 19, 2013

Has anyone else woken up this morning with a G8 hang-over? Maybe it’s just me? Maybe I drank too much of the Kool-aid but weren’t we expecting a bit better than this?

Posted in Good Society | Also tagged Aid, development, G8, g8 declaration, g8 summit, summit, Syria, tax, tax avoidance, tax evasion | Leave a comment

Labour should now look at the ‘triple lock’ state pension guarantee

By James Bloodworth | Published: June 10, 2013

Older people should of course expect a decent standard of living in retirement. But should they really expect a standard of living which outpaces that of the average worker, especially when the cost of proving it is likely to mean further cuts elsewhere in the welfare budget down the line?

Posted in Sustainable Economy | Also tagged austerity, cuts, Ed Balls, Labour, pensioners, triple lock, wealthy pensioners, winter fuel allowance | 6 Responses

An Ed Balls up on benefits for rich pensioners

By Guest | Published: June 6, 2013

I am used to David Cameron shooting from the hip with knee jerk, ill thought out policies to respond to public opinion but I thought that Ed Balls would be cleverer than that.

Posted in Sustainable Economy | Also tagged austerity, cuts, Ed Balls, Labour, pensioners, wealthy pensioners, winter fuel allowance | 5 Responses

Abandoning the winter fuel allowance for a mere £100 million: why bother?

By James Bloodworth | Published: June 3, 2013

Ed Balls is currently making a speech in which he will effectively renege on previous Labour Party statements that universality remained a “part of the bedrock” of the welfare state.

Posted in Sustainable Economy | Also tagged austerity, cuts, Ed Balls, Labour, pensioners, wealthy pensioners, winter fuel allowance | 9 Responses

Very little link between migration levels and attitudes to immigration

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 30, 2013

Much like the assertion that nobody can talk about immigration without being accused of being a racist (if anything immigration is talked about too much relative to its impact), the idea that public concern about immigration is related to the numbers of migrants settling in the UK appears also to be a myth.

Posted in Good Society | Also tagged Families, Immigration, migrants, public concerns, spouse visas, the coalition, UKIP, visas | 11 Responses

Scottish Tories split on devolution

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 28, 2013

A former Conservative Scottish secretary has called (£) moves by the party north of the border to increase the powers afforded to the Scottish Parliament a “suicide mission”.

Posted in A Britain We All Call Home | Also tagged devolution, lord forsyth, Ruth Davidson, Scotland, Scottish Conservatives, Tories | 3 Responses

If Miliband continues to dither on Syria, he may go down in history as Labour’s John Major

By Marko Attila Hoare | Published: May 28, 2013

According to the dictum attributed to Edmund Burke, all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Yet evil will triumph even more easily if good men help the evil-doers. In the Syrian civil war, with more than 80,000 dead and no end in sight, that is what the European Union has been doing, by upholding an arms embargo on the supply of weapons to all sides.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Also tagged al Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, civil war, Ed Miliband, François Hollande, free syrian army, intervention, John Major, Srebrenica, Syria, the balkans | 7 Responses

The government’s drive to cut immigration risks splitting up families

By Jill Rutter | Published: May 23, 2013

In two weeks time the daughter of one of my friends will get married. This happy occasion will be marred by the fact that soon after the wedding her new husband may have to leave the UK. Despite his high earning potential, new rules about family migration, introduced in July 2012, will exclude him from obtaining a spouse’s visa.

Posted in A Britain We All Call Home | Also tagged Families, Immigration, migrants, spouse visas, the coalition, visas | 5 Responses

An open letter to the next chief executive of NHS England

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 22, 2013

To Whom it May Concern,

Congratulations on your appointment as the next chief executive of NHS England. You take over an organisation in a volatile state, facing funding cuts, despite the government’s rhetoric.

Posted in Public Services for All | Also tagged david nicholson, NHS, NHS reforms | Leave a comment

UKIP’s populism could present a greater threat to the left than the right

By Guest | Published: May 20, 2013

If I feel a sense of déjà vu as I watch UKIP’s rise today, just imagine the view from Crosby’s chair at Conservative Party HQ. David Cameron’s election strategist hasn’t just seen this film before – he’s already written the script.

Posted in Good Society | Also tagged Australia, EU, Immigration, Lynton Crosby, Populism, UKIP | 29 Responses

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