17 September 2008
Panicky MPs turn on Labour
CRISIS STORMS in the world economy, price inflation roars in the British economy; now rebellion bellows in the Labour Party. Well, 'bellows' is a bit of an exaggeration...
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9 July 2008
Government lies on public-sector pay
PROOF THAT the government is holding down public sector wage settlements below the rate of inflation - ie pay cuts - is provided by a report from the Incomes Data Services...
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9 July 2008
On the other side of the financial divide...
LAST THURSDAY, MPs voted by a majority of 28 to retain their £24,000 expenses for their second homes and the notorious 'John Lewis list' of furnishings for their second homes, so-called because it is based on prices at the department store...
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15 June 2008
Campaign for a new workers' party
TONY BLAIR and his coterie live in a fantasy world. Blair is now one of the most hated prime ministers in history, yet his closest advisers have drawn up a plan for him to depart after May 2007, saying that "he needs to go with the crowds wanting more." Hannah Sell writes.
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28 May 2008
MPs' expensive expenses
DETAILS OF MPs' expenses are finally public after three years of stonewalling by the House of Commons. The Speaker, Michel Martin, spent £200,000 of public money attempting to block such details.
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22 April 2008
Editorial: Brown's government lurching from pillar to post
Over £50 billion is being handed to fat cat bankers while five million low-paid workers are losing out from the abolition of the 10p tax band...
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16 April 2008
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill: why all the controversy?
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill going through parliament at the moment is causing controversy...
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8 April 2008
Perks for MPs - Bonuses for the bosses - Cutbacks for us!
LAST WEEK 'Stormin' Gordon' Brown hit the streets of Coventry, strutting around talking about crime, writes Rob Windsor, Coventry Socialist Party councillor.
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2 April 2008
End Labour's 'them and us' society
You could not make it up. Disgraced former Northern Rock chief executive Adam Applegarth will get a payout of £760,000!
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19 March 2008
Remote MPs' privileged lifestyle
WHILE LOW-PAID civil servants have to strike against a 0% 'pay rise' this year, MPs can claim up to £22,000 for kitting out their homes with luxury items, writes Dave Carr
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