Osborne’s plans should be a wake-up call for Labour We have heard from some commentatorsthat this was a budget...
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Chris Leslie MP Articles
The children of Thatcher’s era are still suffering
There is a certain irony that it is the children of Margaret Thatcher’s era who are suffering so badly under David...
Long-termism in public finances
It now looks as though David Cameron’s promise to balance the books by next year will be at least £75bn wide of the...
Ignore the hype: Infrastructure output has plunged
David Cameron wanted to talk about fracking this week but, as is so often the case when it comes to energy and...
Fair shares
Tackling executive pay by empowering shareholders is good for business and crucial to building a new economy By Chris...
Early Christmas for Rock buyers
The sale of Northern Rock to Virgin Money was announced during the mini-parliamentary recess in November and buried in...
Turning the tide
When it comes to campaigning for local government reform, Labour is facing a dilemma. On the one hand, it needs to win...
Not even close
David Cameron’s intervention on council tax, courtesy of a recent Young Foundation event, was telling on a number of...
Desperate Dave
So how will David Cameron cope with Prime Minister Brown? The Tory strategy to date has tried to replicate the...
His friends in the north
As David Cameron tries his hardest to prove that the Tories have turned over a new leaf, Labour should anticipate his...
Doorstep democracy
It is the worry of local councillors throughout the ages: for all their efforts, carefully implemented council...
Disbelieving the Tories
The latest Conservative ‘pre-manifesto’ document, Believing in Britain, is an astonishing collection of...