Vigil for imprisoned anti-war Catholic priest

by | Mar 21, 2014

Members of the London Catholic Worker group are organising another vigil outside Wandsworth prison tomorrow (Saturday 22 March 2014), from 1-4 pm, in support of imprisoned peace and anti-war activist Martin Newell, a Catholic priest from east London. Members of the...

Budget: More competitive, simpler, greener and fairer?

by | Mar 21, 2014

After the election, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats got together and agreed on a programme of what they would actually do together in government. On taxes, they agreed their priorities were to make taxes simpler, fairer, greener and more competitive. After...

George Osborne’s budget: two ways to be fooled

by | Mar 20, 2014

George Osborne yesterday presented a budget founded in the determination to believe, if not six, at least two impossible things before breakfast. George Osborne yesterday presented a budget founded in the determination to believe, if not six, at least two impossible...

Budget is not friendly to all pensioners

by | Mar 20, 2014

The budget announced by UK chancellor George Osborne has been widely reported as appealing to pensioners and savers. Some measures, such as pensioner bonds, will indeed help sizeable numbers of older people. Yet for many people over retirement age, it is will not be...