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Osborne has scored a political own goal with a budget that will harm pensioners but do little to help the recovery but its long-term impact remains to be determined. It normally takes a day or two before we know if a budget is a success, as journalists and the public...

If neoliberalism entrenches the economic, social and structural status quo and denies the state intervention that is imperative to bring change towards equality, with this government, it is not only an economic dogma but a total frame of reference. That is the only...

There is a dangerous group of policy issues that matter enormously, but that are often overlooked as being a little dull. Housing is one; pensions are another; and skills are definitely a third. Each area is equally important, but skills are perhaps more equally...

The full national executive committee met on 20th March. I had been expecting fireworks on three issues: Ed Balls’ report on economic policy, the report on restructuring at HQ (as this issue had been reported in very controversial terms in the Guardian), and the...