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Kitty Ussher

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Kitty Ussher is the managing director of Tooley Street Research and a former Treasury minister.

May 2015

  • Foreclosure sign in Denver Colorado

    double quotation markLabour did not cause the economic crisis – it must counter the myth that it did

    Kitty Ussher
    The Tories pulled a fast one in convincing the public of Labour’s financial recklessness – the party’s next leader must expose this egregious claim

May 2014

  • Finsbury Park properties for sale

    double quotation markWhy Thomas Piketty's wealth equation doesn't work in Britain

    Kitty Ussher
    Kitty Ussher: There is little evidence to support the economist's claim that the distribution of wealth is becoming more unequal

March 2011

  • Budget 2011 George Osborne No 11

    double quotation markBudget 2011: Economists' verdict

    Kitty Ussher, David Blanchflower, Eamonn Butler, Richard Murphy and Michael Burke

    Kitty Ussher, David Blanchflower, Eamonn Butler, Richard Murphy and Michael Burke: Economists deliver their assessments of George Osborne's budget

July 2010

  • Sir Alan Budd

    double quotation markOffice for Budget Responsibility must go the extra mile

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    Kitty Ussher: Transparency is needed for the OBR to restore its standing, but if we see a double-dip recession it will face even more questions

July 2006

  • double quotation markLearning the ropes

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    Comment: As parliament winds up for the summer recess, Kitty Ussher looks back on her first full year as an MP.

June 2006

  • double quotation markLet us have a go

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    Message to the Labour party leadership: if you're tired and have run out of steam, let the next generation of MPs take over. By Kitty Ussher.

May 2006

  • double quotation markDon't believe everything you read

    Kitty Ussher
    Westminster commentators say the local elections are going to be a disaster for Labour, but - despite some sniggering about John Prescott - there are no signs of a meltdown in Burnley, says Kitty Ussher

March 2006

  • double quotation markShow of support

    Kitty Ussher
    Comment: The Daily Mail's patronising coverage of the Tessa Jowell story was reason enough to leap to her defence, which is what many of our new women MPs spontaneously decided to do, writes Kitty Ussher.

December 2005

  • Who's been at the punch?

    Cameron may object to one sort of Punch, but the Tories' strange merriness makes Kitty Ussher wonder if they haven't been indulging in the other

November 2005

  • Blood on their hands

    MPs who voted against 90-day detention for terror suspects made Britain less safe, writes Kitty Ussher.

September 2005

  • The Bethlehem stratagem

    Or: how to get a room at party conference without really trying. By Kitty Ussher MP

  • double quotation markThink social, act local

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    Kitty Ussher MP praises Regional Development Agencies, which she says allow social justice to spread nationally through localised initiatives

  • The busman's tale

    Kitty Ussher is glad of the summer recess, but would like to point out that her idea of a holiday, strictu sensu, involves a little more time on the beach

August 2005

  • double quotation markCrèche landing

    Kitty Ussher
    I had to vote and I was breastfeeding, so my baby got an early introduction to the House of Commons bar. Parliament desperately needs a crèche, argues Kitty Ussher.

July 2005

  • Supporting Burnley united

    Kitty Ussher says the white and Asian communities in her Burnley constituency should come together after the terrorist attacks on London, and not allow themselves to be driven apart.

May 2005

  • double quotation markLabour is not for turning

    Kitty Ussher
    New MP Kitty Ussher sees little evidence of rebellion in her party's parliamentary ranks.

March 2005

  • double quotation markOur debt to Gordon

    Kitty Ussher

  • double quotation markIn excellent health

    Kitty Ussher

February 2005

  • double quotation markIt's right to buy

    Kitty Ussher

    Even if I am not elected here, by buying a house in Burnley I'll have made a small contribution to regenerating the town, writes Kitty Ussher.

January 2005

  • Playing for pride

    With FA Cup fever gripping Burnley, a brief encounter with Sven-Goran Eriksson got me far more publicity than all the 'serious' stories about our plans to boost the town's economy, says Kitty Ussher.
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