Posts Tagged “sarah teather”
Jon Cruddas: in favour of a 45 top-rate of tax before he was against it
by Stephen Tall on April 7, 2013
Sarah Teather isn’t the only MP attacking George Osborne today. Ed Miliband’s policy chief Jon Cruddas has strong words for the Chancellor in the Sunday People, accusing him of “cruelty” and of “giving a tax cut to millionaires” by dropping the top-rate of tax from 50% to 45% for those earning more than £150,000. So [...]
Teather: “Benefit cap is immoral and divisive”
by Stephen Tall on November 18, 2012
Lib Dem MP for Brent Central Sarah Teather makes the front page of The Observer today for a powerful interview slamming the Government’s plans to bring in a benefit cap. I’m quoting extensively from it, below, but it’s well worth reading the whole piece here. This is clearly an issue that touches Sarah deeply, not [...]
What the three departing Lib Dem ministers have said as they leave government
by Stephen Tall on September 4, 2012
You can catch up on the rolling LibDemVoice live-blog of today’s reshuffle here and the current list of official Lib Dem appointments here. Three Lib Dem ministers are at the time of writing departing the Coalition Government for the backbenches. Each of them has issued statements as follows: Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent [...]
In other news… Teather on pupil premium, State of play for Welsh Lib Dems & other stories
by Stephen Tall on August 28, 2012
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past few days… Teather: Pupil premium ‘changing the way schools think’ (BBC) The Liberal Democrat MP and minister at the Department of Education Sarah Teather, said the policy is about “changing the whole way schools think”. Speaking to The World [...]
Labour’s new approach to education: ‘Evidence, evidence, evidence’. What can the Lib Dems learn from this?
by Stephen Tall on February 23, 2012
I’m going to do something now I haven’t had cause to do in a good few months: praise a Labour policy. Here’s why. On Tuesday night, I went along to listen to Stephen Twigg, Labour’s shadow education secretary, deliver a speech to a ProgressOnline debate on raising standards in education. (The event was in parliament’s [...]
Labour mortgage rescue scheme helps one family
by Stephen Tall on May 1, 2009
Very often when launching worthy initiatives politicans are wont to say something along the lines, “If it helps even one person it will have been worth it.” This is usually a rhetorical device, rather than a statistically exact prediction. But (…)
Lib Dem housing proposals unveiled
by Stephen Tall on February 20, 2009
There was no escaping Lib Dem shadow housing minister Sarah Teather yesterday [not that you'd want to escape her, obviously - Ed] … not only did she put in a sparkling performance on BBC1′s Question Time, but, more importantly, she (…)
BBC Question Time (19/2/09): open thread
by Stephen Tall on February 19, 2009
Sarah Teather, the Lib Dems’ shadow housing minister and MP for Brent East, is the party’s representative on tonight’s Question Time (BBC1 and online, 10.35 pm GMT). Sarah will be joined on the panel by Labour’s employment minister, the uber-loyal (…)
