10p tax rate Articles

Labour does not really care about the plight of the middle class In early 1996 I tried to become Labour's parliamentary candidate for north Dorset. I was unsuccessful and I have never tried for a seat since; I have absolutely no intention of standing for one again....

It’s hard to think of a way that Nick Clegg could make himself more unpopular. Yet he seems to have found one. With every passing day, as more information about allegations of sexual harassment at the top of the Liberal Democrat hierarchy leak out, Clegg’s excuses for...

Beyond an evening of programmes on BBC Parliament this evening for political anoraks, the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson becoming leader of the Labour party today went largely unnoticed and unremarked. Wilson was a remarkable politician and a somewhat...

There has been a bit of background chuntering that Ed Miliband needed to start unveiling some policy proposals. Today’s speech in Bedford did just that. The centrepiece of it was a pledge to reintroduce the 10p tax rate for lower-paid workers. This was introduced by...