My view is that uncontrolled immigration has led to wholesale job losses for the unskilled and semi-skilled; put a strain on the housing stock and has led to men in this category earning less than their womenfolk for the first time.

There is a clear need to tax the largely unearned and unequally distributed wealth locked up in property. Failing to do so at a time when living standards stagnate for those not fortunate enough to live in a house worth £2m is bad politics, bad economics and bad judgement.

It was hardly a surprise when a Tory housing minister in a Tory-led government announced that he was to reanimate the corpse of right to buy. Once again, reassurances have been given that each home sold will be replaced. Yet the devil is as always in the detail.

Next Wednesday George Osborne looks set to announce a further increase in the personal allowance. With the PA already set to hit £8,105 in April, a further rise to around £8,800 in 2013 would keep the government on track for its £10k target by election day.

Has there ever been a vote that a government has ever been so desperate to lose? This was the verdict from journalists as the House of Lords voted dow...

Tessa Jowell once described it as “rather cumbersome and inexplicit”. Ed Miliband struggled to explain it to John Humphrys on the Today program...

If they are to govern lone after the next election, the Conservative Party will need to take a leaf from John Howard's book and consider ways to appeal to the British 'battlers' and aspirational blue collar voters.

Miliband's challenge is to express and argue his agenda in a more coherent, authentic and relevant way. He's in the penalty box, he just needs to learn how to score.

Do you remember the scorn poured on Ed Miliband when he first coined the term "the squeezed middle"? Particularly when he refused on the Today Program...

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a "better time ahead" as he acknowledged that families are suffering difficult times due to the uncertain ec...