Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to today’s US economic growth figures, said: “The results of two different economic...
Read this entry » Yesterday was a Black Wednesday for families, pensioners and businesses across our country as we learned Britain has plunged back into recession. And...
Read this entry » David Cameron and George Osborne complacently boasted their austerity plan had taken our economy out of the danger zone, but their failed policies...
Read this entry » Under the garden by the pond at Stanley St Peters is a time capsule. In 20 years or so someone will dig it up to find out what the children of...
Read this entry » Speeches to audiences of thousands, live TV political debates, election night at the count, pah – I have never been as nervous as I was early...
Read this entry » I have consistently been deeply unconvinced that an elected Mayor would be good for my constituents and the Wakefield district. I will be voting...
Read this entry » Wanted, a new governor of the Bank of England. Only superhumans need apply. Because, as things stand, I fear he or she will face a near-impossible...
Read this entry »In Washington this weekend George Osborne tried to claim that it was right to give £10 billion more to the IMF because Britain is part of the solution to the eurozone’s...
Read this entry »St Georges Day Market in Morley with Cllr Neil Dawson and Kathryn Rose, Labour's candidate for Morley South in the up coming local elections....
Read this entry »“You’re going to run how far? At your age? What on earth are you doing that for?” Yvette was not totally convinced when I first told her I was going to...
Read this entry »At every G20 and IMF meeting over the last two years, George Osborne has faced the same two challenges – the need for a global plan for jobs and growth that is...
Read this entry »Labour will today vote in the House of Commons against the tax rise on pensioners – the ‘granny tax’ – announced in last month’s Budget. Ahead of the...
Read this entry »I trust in my Morley postbag. It’s generally a good reflection of local concerns. From the NHS to tax credits, when big policy changes are proposed there is often...
Read this entry »KG: It looks like they are not going to go ahead with the degree of capping that were going to, they are going to re-look at it. EB: Well in the House of Commons,...
Read this entry »Six days to go until London Marathon day, and it’s too late for any extra training to make a difference. Healthy eating, no alcohol and plenty of stretching...
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