Archive: Squeezed Middle

Ed Miliband 'living standard' speech in full

Ed Miliband: 10p tax rate funded by mansion tax

Read Ed Miliband's speech on the mansion tax and a 10p rate, in full and unedited.

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Labour unveils five pledges to help squeezed middle

Good times for Ed? Polling shows Labour with a substantial lead

Labour has unveiled five pledges to help struggling families ahead of the local election campaign.

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Comment: We can't help the squeezed middle unless we talk about housing

Nicola Hughes: 'This isn't the whinge of a spoilt youth fixated on the best rather than what's okay.'

People want to know why they can't raise their children in the kind of place they were raised.

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Cameron lays out plan to spare the 'squeezed middle'

Cameron lays out plan to spare the 'squeezed middle'

The prime minister will lay out today the government's plans to curb the rising cost of living,amid deepening concerns over rising premiums.

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Miliband: This govt isn't helping the squeezed middle

Miliband: This govt isn't helping the squeezed middle

Labour leader Ed Miliband comments on Nick Clegg's speech on income tax and Britain at 'boiling point':

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Clegg ready to make rich help 'alarm clock Britain'

Clegg wants personal allowance increased to £10k sooner rather than later

Nick Clegg has pledged to accelerate moves to remove income tax payments for the first £10,000 people earn.

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'Squeezed middle' replaces 'big society' as word of the year

Squeezed middle: The Labour leader's phrase has resonated in the country, the judges found.

Ed Miliband's "squeezed middle" phrase has been chosen as 'word of the year' by Oxford University Press in the UK and US.

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