Ed Miliband: Labour will scrap non-dom tax status
Labour leader will say 18th-century rule is morally wrong as it suggests ‘anything goes for those at the top’ – but he stops short of blaming non-doms directlyEd Miliband will promise to end a...
View ArticleEd Balls in January: scrapping non-dom status would cost money – video
In an interview with BBC Radio Leeds' Daragh Corcoran in January, Ed Balls says scrapping non-dom status would cost the Exchequer money. Labour has now pledged to abolish the tax status, saying it has...
View ArticleEd Miliband’s war on non-doms shows whose side he is on | Polly Toynbee
Margaret Thatcher’s sale of council houses was totemic as it summed her up in a single policy. Labour’s tax plan can be equally powerfulTotemic policies that announce what a party stands for are the...
View ArticleHave Labour scored a hit with the non-dom tax pledge? – three-minute video
Columnists Jonathan Freedland and Hugh Muir discuss Labour's proposal to scrap non-dom status. Is it a good way to introduce wealth and class into the election campaign, leaving the Tories in a bit of...
View ArticleEd Miliband: Labour would abolish non-dom tax status – video
Ed Miliband says Labour will scrap the non-dom tax status if he is elected prime minister in next month's general election. Speaking at the University of Warwick on Wednesday, Miliband says the non-dom...
View ArticleChina's 'new normal' sees government apply brakes to accelerating economy
A slower pace seems like common sense after a decade of tremendous growth as Beijing tries to calm things down, but it depends on whom you askI just spent a week in China, where I participated in the...
View ArticleScottish leaders’ debate: Sturgeon accused of financial ‘black hole’
Labour’s Jim Murphy warns over ‘rerun of referendum’ after SNP leader confirms she would introduce fiscal autonomy within a year if given chanceNicola Sturgeon and Jim Murphy have clashed over the...
View ArticleUK businesses report slower growth in first quarter of 2015
British Chambers of Commerce’s survey of 7,500 firms shows growth in domestic sales and exports slackened, raising doubts about underlying health of economyBritain’s businesses experienced a slowdown...
View ArticleEuropean Commission agrees to use social progress tool alongside GDP
The Social Progress Index, now used by the European Commission, considers social and environmental indicators to measure a country’s successIn a breakthrough for campaigners seeking a more holistic...
View ArticleProbation service split: ‘staff are staring into the abyss’
Private companies have taken over 70% of probation services, creating more work and artificial divisions, demoralised officers tell Tamsin Rutter“I’ve been in this job for 25 years and I’ve never known...
View ArticleWidening UK trade deficit prompts fears for growth
Analysts warn recovery may be waning as ONS reports deficit on goods and services nearly doubled in February to £2.9bn from £1.5bnBritain’s trade deficit with the rest of the world widened sharply in...
View ArticleUK trade deficits used to matter at election time - not any more
Harold Wilson’s 1970 re-election campaign took a knock from a 0.2% deficit in goods but now a near 7% figure hardly warrants a mentionA bad set of trade figures just ahead of the election. For those...
View ArticleNon-doms, Trident and Tony Blair – Politics Weekly podcast
Alberto Nardelli and Anne Perkins join Hugh Muir to discuss Labour's plan to crack down on the 'non-dom' tax status; the debate over renewing the Trident nuclear arsenal and Tony Blair's speech on the...
View ArticleThe week the gloves came off in the 2015 election as parties try to break...
After a midweek poll wobble, the Tories turned to Plan B with promises to freeze rail fares and find £8bn for the NHS, while Labour continued to press its claims to be the party of families and...
View ArticleAid? What aid? Why the UK ignores its record on international development
Labour and the Conservatives have a good record on foreign aid spending, but neither want to talk about it during this election campaignRarely, if ever, has there been a more parochial election. Apart...
View ArticleEd Miliband rebrands Labour as party of fiscal responsibility
Labour to launch manifesto and challenge claim it would not tackle deficit by unveiling ‘budget responsibility lock’ and guarantee policies are fully funded Ed Miliband will move to change the terms of...
View ArticleLabour seeks to reinvent itself in public mind as party of fiscal caution
Party manifesto will promise to cut deficit every year and to seek approval for spending plans from Office for Budget Responsibility Labour is to make an audacious vote grab with the launch of its...
View ArticleEd Balls: Labour will eliminate budget deficit by 2020
Shadow chancellor says party will clear the current budget deficit by the end of the next parliament as Miliband prepares to launch Labour’s manifestoEd Balls has delivered an unequivocal commitment...
View ArticleLabour’s new message: vote Tory for financial recklessness | Simon Jenkins
Ed Miliband’s response to the panicky Conservative pledge to find £8bn for the NHS suggests a more mature approach to public financesThe election campaign has hit its paradox moment. Vote Tory for...
View ArticleLabour's manifesto is all about rebuilding the party's reputation
Analysis: Many of the party’s commitments are feasible and economically relevant but the final two pledges are there for purely political purposesLabour spent most of the 1990s rebuilding its...
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