Posts Under In Parliament Category
Pre-Budget Speculation
George Osborne’s Budget for 2012/2013 is coming up – but will the Budget give the UK the growth spurt it needs, or will it reduce taxes for the very richest in society?
Shock Mortgage Rate Rise
A suprise rise in mortgage rates will hit many families. I’ve proposed changes to legislation now going through Parliament to make sure proper notice is given in the future.
Will we see the NHS Risk Register?
This week has been dominated by disccusion over the NHS and the economy. Labour are calling on the Government to drop the NHS Bill.
Recess? What recess?
Despite Parliament breaking up for recess, there’s still work to be done scrutinising the Government’s policies – and the UK’s economy has been placed on ‘negative watch’
Tax credit cuts could hit 212,000 families
Tax credit changes which come in on April 1st could hit families hard – and just how far can the Government’s Quantative Easing plans go?
More bankers, and the Welfare Bill returns to Parliament
The issues of bankers’ bonuses just won’t go away, and the Government has reversed many of the defeats over their unfair changes to Child Benefit
Bank bonuses up as growth falters
The economy shrank in the last quarter – so why has Stephen Hester been awarded a million pound bonus? I’ve been doing my bit to tackle the Government’s decision.
NHS Bill, Parliamentary business, and searching for ‘responsible capitalism’
The Government’s ‘pointless, top-down’ NHS Bill continues its progress through Parliament, although other business is slipping below the radar
Child Benefit cuts and eurozone firewalls
This week we found out more about how the Government’s cuts to Child Benefit will hurt families and I’ve spoken at the Fabian conference
Strife in the Eurozone
What effect will David Cameron’s “veto” have on the European debt crisis? I fear that his policy marginalised and in a worse position to deal with the full effects of the crisis.