The great DWP conjuring act on worklessness figures
The Department for Work and Pensions is under pressure to improve levels of transparency and accountability following a FullFact.org investigation yesterday.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Counter-terrorism policy must chart a more progressive course
Earlier this week, at an event in the House of Commons, Demos launched ‘memorandum on the mainstream – memos to labour’s next leader’.
Balls in Tribune & on QT: “When the facts change, I change my mind”
The Milibrothers may be ‘increasingly confident’ about their chances of being the next leader of the Labour Party, but Ed Balls thinks his economic policy could be a winner.
Labour’s poll performance is a red herring
Several of my Labour-supporting friends have a spring in their step – level in the polls at last, as revealed by yesterday’s Reuters/Ipsos-MORI poll.
Cable reopens rift on immigration cap
Business secretary Vince Cable appeared to be on a collission course with his coalition partners this afternoon, hitting out at the immigration cap.
International development will test Clegg at Lib Dem conference
Ahead of a crucial United Nations summit on Millennium Development Goals, Nick Clegg has a conundrum: will he represent the policies of the Coalition or his own Party?
Britain second only to US in terms of academic research
With forthcoming cuts to research and possible restrictions on the entry of foreign students today’s world university Rankings are very timely.
Trident delay rumours lead to contrasting reactions on all sides
The Coalition’s rumoured delay on Trident renewal has sparked contrasting reactions on all sides of the political spectrum.
Just 1-in-3 Lib Dem voters support Coalition cuts
Only 29 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters support the scale of the government’s spending cuts, according to a poll in this morning’s Times.
A middle way for economic recovery
The world has moved into a period where there will be a persistent shortfall of demand in the economies of the West compared with what is necessary for full employment.