Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• Not the Treasury view…: The government's mid term review: deficit reduction
  Jonathan Portes in conciliatory mood “we shd at least give the government credit for not making things even worse” http://buff.ly/UPaK4H
• The polling facts about Labour’s mid-term lead « Labour Uncut
  Lab’s actual mid term lead is “close to zero” says @LabourUncut > The polling facts about Labour’s mid-term lead http://buff.ly/UPahzH
• Councillors’ pay: a proposal | Stephen Tall
  6 years ago, back when I was a councillor, I put forward this proposal for how we should be paid http://buff.ly/VQSJi5
• Tinker, tailor, soldier… and a central banker – Telegraph
  Sue Cameron goes behind the scenes of Mark Carney’s job interview http://buff.ly/UO7JSb
• BBC News – An economic mid-term review
  Stephanie Flanders on the Coalition’s mid-term review > “the economic side of the ledger is not looking healthy at all” http://buff.ly/VQQLy9
• BBC News – Fairness and the welfare bill
  Useful, rounded analysis by @BBCStephanie of this week’s debate > Fairness and the welfare bill http://buff.ly/UOb7N0
• BBC News – Will 2013 be a bull year for shares?
  Interesting @Peston post: if Eurozone recovers UK borrowing costs likely to increase putting further pressure on budget http://buff.ly/ZBZUjP
• Nixon’s lessons for today’s Republicans » Spectator Blogs
  Put aside the prejudice, this is well worth a read > Nixon’s lessons for today’s Republicans (Spectator Blogs) http://buff.ly/VQNOha
• Abolish child benefit and give families a tax break – Telegraph
  .@AllisterHeath’s argmnts for transferbl family tax allowances seem sensible – what are argmts against other than cost? http://buff.ly/VPPc3r