No money for food, but $350bn for Apple & friends?
US Uncut protest in Seattle, WA. By Simon Li. What if your family's finances were tight, and you had a water bill that you couldn't afford to pay? What if…
Countering Council Cuts: Local Alternatives to Austerity
Photo courtesy of Guardian Edinburgh via flickr While we've rightly been focussed so far national campaigns, defending welfare and education, we mustn't overlook the fact that many of the cuts…
Scots Greens look to close business property tax loophole
The Green Members of the Scottish Parliament have proposed closing a tax loophole on vacant commercial property, in the run up to Holyrood voting on the 2011-12 Scottish Budget. Empty…
The TaxPayers’ Alliance: Not Entirely Wrong
The Tax Payers' Alliance (TPA) have a new report on welfare reform. Don Paskini's already had a review of it over on Liberal Conspiracy. He makes some interesting points but…
Tories propose corporate tax break?
It wasn't just Greens keeping a close eye on our spring conference. Tory candidate for Brighton Pavillion, Charlotte Vere, was regularly tweeting about the event. This particular one caught my…
UK climate leadership comes a cropper in Shetland
Last month, the UK government was claiming to lead the world on climate change. Ed Miliband genuinely seemed to be working hard to get a deal at Copenhagen. But today…