It is a costly fiscal transfer from the broad body of taxpayers to the rich and old.
A clear plan. A strong retail offer. The right direction. A vision for the country. Labour’s strategic failure. And let’s not forget…Ed Miliband.
The weird but real phenomenon of negative interest rates
The survey findings have scarcely changed in over a year.
Chris Leslie proposes to pay for it by increasing the cost of gun licences. Seriously.
…and also to the first of our To The Point posts: short, revision-style notes on various policy issues.
Three of his priorities are jobs, housing and retirement. Our three are homes, jobs and savings.
A probe of a key question as the election approaches. How big are the spending reductions that each major party requires?
Plus: Farage knifes Hamilton. Hopeless Miliband. Useless Clegg. Truth from Phibbs. Katz among the pigeons. And: I’m forever, forever, forever blowing bubbles.
Over four out of five approve of it, and only one in ten disapprove.
Should backbenchers really be on-message clones – or risk having their views reported when they stray off it?
Some members of the Tory family think the Chancellor isn’t part of it. But the Autumn Statement showed that no-one is working harder for its future.
There is a growing sense that the Opposition has wasted the last four years and is quite unable to offer an alternative economic programme.
The Government’s fiscal credibility now appears to be reliant on simply announcing more self-imposed targets for itself.
Miliband yesterday. Osborne. Clegg. Farage. If they trusted people a bit more, they might be pleasantly surprised by the result.