2017 May 26

There is only one serious party dedicated to increasing inequality in this election

Posted on May 26 2017

The IFS has published its analysis of the election manifestos. The distributional impact is, perhaps, the most telling part of what they had to say.
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It’s time to state the obvious: Theresa May is really not very good

Posted on May 26 2017

It’s time to state the obvious: Theresa May is really not very good. She failed as Home Secretary to control migration and is daft enough
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For the next two weeks talk should be about the 30,000 excess deaths in the NHS caused by austerity

Posted on May 26 2017

In February this year the Independent reported: An unprecedented increase in “excess deaths” in England and Wales could be linked to underfunding in the NHS
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The FT needs to grasp a little tax reality

Posted on May 26 2017

Chris Giles has an article in the FT in which he says: Conservative and Labour manifestos fail to grasp economic reality In the Tory case
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Will May win?

Posted on May 26 2017

Politics Home reports this morning that: The YouGov survey for The Times shows backing for Jeremy Corbyn’s party has soared by five points to 38%
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