This is a seminal moment in the UK parliamentary cycle. The Tory Party have overtaken Labour in two of today's polls (YouGov & Ipsos-Mori) and they have drawn level with Labour in ComRes polling. This is important because it is the first time in YouGov polling in 2012 that the...

Ed Miliband will make an error this week when he prevents his MPs an open vote on an EU referendum. Polling data shows that the majority of voters want their say on EU membership. Also, recent political history should also impress upon the Labour leader that his party's credibility can...

Ed Miliband's conference speech opened up a new paradigm in British political discourse. The prospective future Prime Minister has calculated that the nation is ready to listen to his vision of how a 'good capitalism' can work. But the potential pitfalls are plentiful.

In an era of reality entrepreneurial...

The ideological direction of the Labour Party has never been more contested. To their credit Blue Labour were the first group of thinkers to present a fairly coherent route away from the failed New Labour project. Their focus on communitarianism and improving living standards struck a chord with working class...

Ed Miliband has put great stock in renewing what he calls 'The British Promise'. Essentially, it is the idea that each generation should enjoy a higher standard of living than the generation who went before. It is a noble goal for a Labour politician to espouse, but of course this...

According to The Department of Communities and Local Government there are more than 1.7million families on housing waiting lists. Considering that Local Authorities throughout England commissioned the building of just 380 new homes in Q1 2011 we are unlikely to ever eradicate that backlog.

Instead, the solution...

GDP figures for Q2 2011 will be announced this week. The UK economy is very unlikely to slip back into recession. If anything, that development is a worst case scenario. Instead, the increased consumption of fuel and food, partly caused by a growing workforce and a rising population, will be...