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Top tax rate ‘could go up to 60p’ if Labour win next election
Sunday 26 January 2014
Ed Balls could consider increasing the top rate of tax to 55p or even 60p if he became Chancellor, former Trade minister Digby Jones claimed today.
'Labour will bring back 50p income tax for top earners' says Ed Balls
Saturday 25 January 2014
Shadow Chancellor would shift the burden of the deficit to the rich, raising £10bn in three years
Labour toughens fiscal policy with promise to reduce national debt
Friday 24 January 2014
Shadow Chancellor: ‘We will have to govern with less money ... we will have to make cuts too.’
Andy McSmith's Diary: The think-tank accused of a unique disappearing act strikes again
Monday 20 January 2014
Once the voice of the more civilised wing of the party, the think-tank is now firmly in the Let’s Get Nasty Again tendency
Michael McIntyre? Can’t we give a chat show to Paul O’Grady instead?
Wednesday 15 January 2014
He took on bigots dressed in drag as Lily Savage in the 1980s. Now the comedian is speaking up for the plight of people on benefits
James Moore: Let's not get too excited about the seasonal spending splurge
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Outlook Raise a glass to Greene King. The pub and restaurant group reported a sparkling 5 per cent increase in sales over Christmas. But fill it with Cava rather than Champagne.
Tories plan ‘shock treatment’ to win over the low-paid
Monday 13 January 2014
Strong criticism echoes campaign by Miliband for an end to the political consensus on the economy since the Thatcher era
Bingo halls struggle to get a full house: Industry leaders blame unfair tax for game's decline
Sunday 12 January 2014
The number of clubs has dropped from nearly 600 in 2005 to fewer than 400 today
Housing market parties like it's 1999
Wednesday 08 January 2014
The new year is starting with a bang with the number of experts expecting prices will continue rising at a 14-year high
Pensioner perks under threat after next election, David Cameron admits
Monday 06 January 2014
PM hints that wealthy retirees could lose benefits if Tories win next election, as he sets out key policies for manifesto
George Osborne's 'stealth cuts' will force millions to miss economic recovery
Friday 03 January 2014
More than three million low-income families risk missing out on the economic recovery even if wages start to keep pace with inflation, according to an analysis for The Independent.
Government warned to cancel flood specialists job cuts as storms continue to batter UK
Friday 03 January 2014
More than 1,600 posts are due to go at the Environment Agency by October
Building new homes to trump Labour is key to winning the election, Tories told
Sunday 29 December 2013
The Conservatives are being urged to trump Labour by promising to build 300,000 new homes a year, in an attempt to shed their “party of the rich” image.
Addicted to debt: The UK recovery is under way, and it is fuelled by the same disastrous borrowing as before
Friday 27 December 2013
The bad news contained within the good is that our recovery is déjà vu all over again
Members of the public would rather spend Christmas with Cameron than Ed Miliband
Sunday 15 December 2013
End-of-term poll makes mixed reading for the leaders, but the Prime Minister tops the guest list
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Labour has 'betrayed' working-class voters, says Ukip candidate
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Switzerland votes to limit the number of EU migrants
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Is Labour panicking over Ukip? Fears growing that Nigel Farage's party could eat into the white working class vote, admits Peter Hain
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Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox has now been expelled
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Immigration Minister row Mark Harper resigns after employing a cleaner working in the UK illegally
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Ukip chairman advocated 'termination' of Down's syndrome foetuses and 'breaking from the EU by force' claims Tory MP
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