Miliband plays it down the middle at Labour’s not-so-local election launch
Gurjunder Dhaliwal reports on his Ed Miliband’s speech at Labour’s local elections campaign launch and the question and answer session that followed.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Salmond dragged deeper into dinners for donors row
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest news from Scotland, with the cash for access, dinners for donors row ensnaring first minister Alex Salmond and the SNP.
Without statutory regulation of lobbying, there will be more cash for access scandals
Without big changes to lobbying transparency plans, lobbyists will continue to get paid by clients to meet, fund and influence our political leaders in secret.
Breaking down the Youth Contract
As Nick Clegg formally launches the Youth Contract today, Izzy Koksal explains how everybody, taxpayers and the unemployed alike, are getting a rough deal.
The World Outside Westminster – Burma, Spain, Santorum and the Atlantic depths
Tom Rouse looks back at the week’s main stories from around the world, including the latest from Burma, Spain, Syria and the US Presidential elections.
Responding to the riots: We need more than fuzzy buzz words from the government
Ben Mitchell analyses the final report of the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel set up to examine the causes of last summer’s London and UK-wide riots.
The Week Outside Westminster – Salmond supper, “village idiots” and regional pay rage
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.
Nike’s exploitation of female workers – sacked for being pregnant, abused at work…
Fiona Ranford of UK Feminista writes about the exploitation and shocking mistreatment of women workers by Nike in the deeply sexist global economic system.
Cynical Tories thought fuel dispute would be their “Thatcher moment”
The Conservative Party has sent out a secret memo to constituency associations revealing the cynical opportunism behind their ramping up of the fuel dispute.
Look Left – Donors, petrol, Galloway… The week to end all weeks
Shamik Das looks back on one of the most dramatic weeks in British politics for many a month.