No plans to take Johnston North West dailies weekly
Titles include the Blackpool Gazette, the Lancashire Evening Post and the Wigan Evening Post. The managing director of Johnston Press North West has said there are no plans to convert any of its daily...
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Labour set for major gains on 3 May
Pre-election forecast suggests party could gain as many as 700 seats. Even if Ken Livingstone doesn't retake City Hall, 3 May is still likely to be a good night for Labour. The annual pre-election...
View ArticleCBI argues for a "competitive" tax system
In 2010-11, businesses paid more than a quarter of the total UK tax take of £551bn.UK businesses pay around a quarter, £163bn, of the country’s total tax revenue, and a competitive tax system is...
View ArticleAlan Sugar comes out against Ken
Labour peer declares that "Livingstone must NOT get in".It's easy to forget that Alan Sugar is a Labour peer (and a significant party donor) but he is and he's just become the first Labour politician...
View ArticleAtticus Finch is not enough
Why the “great lawyer” theory of justice is misleading.President Obama has provided an introduction to a special television showing of To Kill A Mockingbird. In one way, this gesture shows great taste...
View ArticleGreen infrastructure investment
Why investors want the economy re-balanced more than anyone else.Should you feel better about your retirement knowing that the government is cajoling your pension fund manager into investing your hard...
View ArticleiPhones and ringtones: a parable of markets.
"Markets in everything!"There is a problem in the New Statesman office. Like so many companies, we have a growing abundance of iPhones. At least half of the 40 million they've sold are here somewhere,...
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Chart of the day: Full-time trouble
Duncan Weldon at the TUC feels this is the one chart that explains the labour market today, and we agree. As we wrote yesterday: Digging deeper, some worrying trends reveal themselves. The fall in...
View ArticleThe Murdochs at the Leveson Inquiry
Rupert and James Murdoch to appear before the inquiry next week. The Leveson Inquiry into the "culture, practices and ethics of the press" has announced that News Corporation chief executive Rupert...
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Facebook "to float" on 17 May
The social networking site is set to go public in early May, say sources. According to Technology site TechCrunch, Facebook is believed to be working towards a floatation date of May 17. Several...
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including Adonis's backing for Ken. 1. Forget Sugar, listen to Adonis – a man who knows a thing about transport The former Transport Secretary has praised Ken...
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman: Islamophobia on trial
China's rise, America's fall | Hari Kunzru dances to Kraftwerk | US Writing Special Breivik's paranoid fantasies As the trial of the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik begins, the New Statesman...
View ArticleWrap it up, guys, the Telegraph has proved socialism is wrong
Look at this post. Just look at it.The Telegraph is hosting a truly marvellous piece of trolling from Tim Worstall, in which he proves socialism is wrong because there isn't enough money in the world...
View ArticleRichard Reeves's departure is a big loss for Clegg
Reeves was as much an ideologist of Cleggism as a strategist for the Lib Dems.The Liberal Democrats have problems bigger than the departure of Nick Clegg's Director of Strategy, announced last night....
View ArticleMore sinister than a bobby on the beat
Lack of police accountability sees the institution which upholds the law virtually exempt from it.Here’s a fun little anecdote. When the Metropolitan Police was founded in 1829, its first ever officer,...
View ArticleTackling the cost of motor insurance
Transport committee welcomes the government's clampdown on fraud.Responding to the transport select committee’s follow-up report on the cost of motor insurance, the UK government has affirmed its...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers.1. This sentimentality over old people is hitting our young (Guardian) Any whiff of a 'granny tax' causes public uproar, but the older...
View ArticleOpinionomics | 20 April 2012
Must-read comment and analysis. A US-heavy round-up featuring the IMF, Greg Mankiw, and some American optimism.1. IMF and China are new BFFs (Finanical Times | alphaville) "There seems to be something...
View ArticleUK pension rules are outdated, says the Institute of Directors
Research finds growth in ISAs and a fall in pensions. Failures in the UK’s pension architecture are causing millions to abandon pension saving entirely, preferring to trust other vehicles such as...
View ArticleChart of the day: the cost of inflation
High inflation doesn't matter: high inflation and low wage growth matters. Since the crisis, the growth in wages has been resolutely outstripped by growth in prices, making it harder to get by for...
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