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Making money out of misery

Iain Duncan Smith’s motives may be well meaning but farming social welfare out is a backwards step

Boxing clever

If Labour approaches crime and justice intelligently and with reference to what works, it can show the Tories’ attempt to look tough will not deliver increased public protection, and ensure effective use of non-custodial sentences as a meaningful penalty.

A bankers’ bonus tax

Last week I tabled an early day motion demanding the government impose a bankers bonus tax and apply the proceeds to investment in jobs and homes. I can’t imagine how this could be remotely controversial. Let’s see how much cross-party support I can get for the motion. 

Labour’s moral imperative

Labour needs to reframe the debate about worklessness away from the government obsession with ‘scroungers’ and onto a postive argument about making sure jobs are created and available for people to take.