I suggest and hope that they abolish the upper threshold altogether. Not the income tax higher threshold(s) but the upper employees threshold on Class C NI contributions, still misleadingly described… (View Post)

No need for speculation, the 9 English regions have existed for decades for administrative purposes within central government classifications. North, North West, Yorks & Humber, East Mids, West M… (View Post)

Update: It was widely reported that the briefing was against Streeting but the BBC reports that it was also against Miliband which I had missed. "Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Health Secretar… (View Post)

Streeting is still a risky bet. There will be another challenger on the ballot, when it inevitably comes, and the labour membership is more likely than not to get behind a Burnham-backed challenger w… (View Post)

On thread. Starmer's failings are not so much down to his personal lack of political communication skills, but more a manifestation of the collective failure in government of the factional background… (View Post)