Shadow Chancellor sets out Labour plan to repeat tax on bonuses for ‘one year’ and create ten-year bonus repayment window.
Plus: Rubbish in the Sun. Andy Carroll is out. A mystery Tory is in – with an au pair, at any rate. My controversial book on the NHS. And: Lord Fink is right.
The former ground the Commons to a halt in his campaign for Home Rule. That wouldn’t be so easy for the SNP. But they will make their presence felt…
The Shadow Business Secretary wouldn’t have been stumped on LBC if he read ConHome.
They are more reliant than ever on union funding – but the policies they have to adopt in return just make their fundraising efforts even harder.
A lesson of Miliband’s assault on businesses is that they can no longer rely on others to communicate the benefits of what they do to voters.
The Strathclyde Commission’s proposals have paved the way for one.
Here in Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland, we have a strong message, the right conditions for it, and the right people to spread it.
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 insatiable left might prove just enough to put Miliband in Number 10, but when confronted with the realities of government it will eat him alive.
A review of three polls.
Plus: Lord Ashcroft’s Scotland poll – I must revise my predictions. Abuse in Rotherham. An upset in Sheffield? My drivetime success. And: in memoriam, Martin Gilbert.
If the opinion polls are anything to go by, their share of the Scottish vote will descend to a record low. The SNP’s will hit an all-time high.
Now Labour should do the right thing in Wales, where they run the health service.