Some points on this: 1. People on Universal Credit routinely pay more than 50% effective tax when they take part-time work, because of the taper effect. When I was briefly on the previous system, I f… (View Post)

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the contributions and perhaps you'll rejoin again. (View Post)

A creditable effort by Heseltine, now 88 years old, on the challenges of levelling up: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/03/levelling-up-michael-gove-regional-inequalities (View Post)

Apart from the local factors (the racism allegations of the resigning Labour councillor in Manchester; Claudia Webbe's issues in Leicester) I think there's a general tendency of voters in p… (View Post)

I suppose the first question the Tory winner in Southend will be asked is "Are you going to write a letter?" (View Post)