At least half a million people are going hungry. That number had trebled over the past twelve months as a government’s failed economic policies, inflation, cuts and debt drive many families to destitution. But this isn’t a tale of some rotten tinpot country far from home. This is modern Britain. Welcome to Cameron’s Broken Britain. The Independent reports this morning that the number of people visiting foodbanks over the last year has trebled, with conservative estimates placing the number of [...]
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Union membership on the rise for first time in a decade – Media roundup: May 30th, 2013
Subscribers to our morning email get the best of LabourList – including the Media and blog round up – every weekday morning. If you were a subscriber you would have already received this in your inbox. You can sign up here. Union membership on the...
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Progress launch “Tax Avoidance Charter”
Progress are today launching a “Tax Avoidance Charter” ahead of the G8 meeting next month. They’ll be arguing that there’s no excuse for inaction on tax avoidance in the UK and that it is “simply unfair a group of global...
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Our recovery is miles behind America – Osborne isn’t working, Obama is
The UK’s growth forecast was downgraded by the OECD this morning. That’s not particularly surprising – our growth forecasts only seem to go one way – but compared to how the US is performing post financial crisis, the forecasts...
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- Wirral West candidate selected by local party
- Osborne proves that austerity is about ideology, not evidence
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The Hunger Scandal
Britain is the seventh richest nation in the world yet we face a growing epidemic of hidden hunger, particularly in children. The reality of parents unable to feed their children is one of the starkest examples of the cost of living crisis faced by...
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What’s the answer to revitalising our High Streets? More legal loansharks, of course!
Today’s news that the Government wants to slash red tape to revitalise our high streets seems, on the face of it, good news. Who needs all these tedious restrictions on what sort of businesses can operate out of a particular shop? Surely we need...
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The case for part-time MPs
Earlier this week, Mark Ferguson espoused an entirely sensible – and extremely popular – viewpoint: “If you’re doing a second job, then you’re not giving your full attention to your first one. And all MPs have a duty of care to their constituency,...
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Labour leader attacked with salami sandwich
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard narrowly avoided being caught by a stray salami sandwich whilst campaigning at a school, after the offending food item was flung at her by a student: Bizarrely...
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Labour’s GOTV video – “Let’s change this country together”
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Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast – “Together”
Labour’s new Party Election Broadcast has been released online. It’s built around Ed Miliband’s recent campaign visits on his “soapbox” – and on the importance of giving...
- Ed Miliband’s Local Elections Diary
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