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Dave Toke on Scotland’s green paradox
Dave Toke on diminishing returns from fiscal autonomy in CHARTIST 274
Last summer I told an energy conference in Aberdeen that discussions about how much...
The Conservatives on housing
Duncan Bowie says look away if you don’t own your home
The big issue in the housing chapter of the manifesto is the proposal to...
Chartist post-election comment: Tory win deepens divisions
Mike Davis reflects on Labour’s defeat
Tory bribes of income tax, VAT and National Insurance freezes and a new housing bubble combined with the politics...
Unions in election mode – Frances O’Grady
In setting out the trade unions’ stall for the next government Frances O’Grady is encouraged by Labour’s workplace manifesto
Tax Dodgers Inc. – The roll of dishonour
Prem Sikka targets the top dodgers whose unpaid tax exposes government hypocrisy
BLOG: an avoidable & infuriating NHS funding debate
We learn our lessons very slowly in this country. Amidst all this scraping the barrel talk on the news about finding extra money for...
The war on inequality
Patricia d'Ardenne asks what impact a new Labour government might make
Five lessons for Labour on migrants’ rights
Don Flynn on why it is time for Labour to make the progressive case
Time to end failed experiment – Manuel Cortes
In the latest print issue of CHARTIST, Manuel Cortes tells us why Europeans urgently need an alternative to austerity
European economies are in a perilous...
Chartist 2015 Manifesto
As promised, CHARTIST has published its 2015 manifesto. The last time we published a manifesto it was 2007 – the year before financial capitalism...
Election 2015: A coalition option we don’t want
Crippling blow - Dave Toke explains why Miliband should firmly rule out a coalition with the Tories
As the election date nears and it looks...