Faisal Islam
Ten reasons why Labour are bluffing on HS2
Your correspondent is making a strong call: HS2 is a done deal, it will sail through parliament, and if anything will be fast-tracked
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The Co-op, Paul Flowers and Labour: what we know
With an inquiry to be held into Paul Flowers’ appointment as Co-op Bank chairman, the Conservatives are also drawing attention to his links to the Labour party.
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Stammering pupil is a fabulous example, says Balls
Labour’s Ed Balls says Musharaf Asghar, whose battle against stammering was featured on TV show Educating Yorkshire, “will give confidence to stammerers, children and adults, across the country.”
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Three of the ‘big six’ backtrack on fixed price energy bills
Energy companies reacted with horror to Labour’s pledge to freeze energy bills, saying the move would result in blackouts. But just days later three of the big six are now offering fixed energy bills.
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Gary Gibbon
Balls, creches and capital spending
Parents welcome the pledge by Ed Balls for more state funded childcare – but can Labour also pass the ‘economic credibility test’?
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Labour pledges more free childcare for working families
Twenty-five hours of free childcare funded by the state. Labour is promising to help working families beat the cost of living crisis – with a higher tax on banks to pay for it.
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Ed Balls: McBride ‘despicable’ spin nothing to do with me
Labour’s shadow chancellor Ed Balls denies having anything to do with the “despicable” negative briefings of the party’s former spin doctor, Damian McBride, despite being close allies at the time.
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Gary Gibbon
Labour, trade union reform and Erich Honecker
Labour’s “interim report” underlines that although the number of union members affiliated to the party might shrink, the intention is not to shrink the unions’ share of the conference in this phase of reform.
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Ed Balls: ‘Damage to UK economy already been done’
George Osborne claims the UK economy has “turned a corner” with some signs of recovery. Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls tells Cathy Newman the damage to living standards has already been done.
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GMB cuts Labour party funding
Leading trade union GMB announces it is cutting its affiliation funds to Labour from £1.2m to £150,000 in the wake of the row over party reforms.
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FactCheck: is there a cost of living crisis?
Pelted with eggs but unbowed, Ed Miliband has been ramming home Labour’s attack on the “cost of living crisis”. But how much are people really being squeezed?
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Miliband: Labour will not borrow more to reverse cuts
Ed Miliband commits to sticking with coalition spending plans and rules out more borrowing to reverse public spending cuts.
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Gary Gibbon
Not playing Balls? Labour will stick to coalition spending plans in 2015-16
Labour will stick to George Osborne’s spending plans for 2015-16, Ed Balls announces – but is he playing political games?
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Labour would axe winter fuel cash for rich, says Balls
The shadow chancellor announces Labour would cut winter fuel payments for the richest pensioners, in a move intended to show the opposition’s willingness to display “iron discipline” once in power.
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IMF urges government to boost growth
The International Monetary Fund says the government should be doing more to speed up recovery in a critical assessment of the state of the British economy.
