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Reformers demand no more appointments to Lords
There is precious time left before Parliament is dissolved to debate these plans. We are now in a situation where all parties are agreed on the need for reform.
March 2010
Today’s Politics Summary
Left Foot Forward is on holiday. The next Politics Summary will be on Tuesday, April 6th.
Immigration: The limits to limits
Only the Tories have promised to cap immigration levels; they've been reluctant to specify the details, so it’s unclear which flows they'd cap, or their level.
New nuclear: delays, delays and more delays
DECC have announced that ‘Horizon Nuclear Power’ have said they plan to have their first nuclear plant generating by 2020. But there are a number of problems.
Never mind Latvian gay rights, what about Iraq’s record?
The UK has a terrible record with case-after-case of people fleeing torture, arrest, 'honour' killing and the like needing campaigning and years of expensive legal effort to force the Home Office to grant them sanctuary.
Lawson: scrap “absurd” Climate Change Act
Lord Lawson has said the Government should suspend the "absurd" Climate Change Act. He believes this will allow the third runway at Heathrow to go ahead.