Politics Summary: Wednesday, April 7th

Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The general election starting bell has been rung and the nation’s papers have quickly fallen into line. In the red corner, the Guardian says, “Personal, proud, defiant: Gordon Browntest

Blogging the election

The election has been called for May 6th. We will spend the next 30 days scrutinising the progressive nature of the parties’ policies and individual candidates.

Economic update – April 2010

The last budget of the current parliament was a modest affair, at least in macro-economic terms, enabling the Chancellor to provide a stimulus of £1.4 billion.