Miliband demands answers over Cameron’s “inaccurate claims” on jobs, banks and benefits
Ed Miliband has written to David Cameron, asking him to “correct the record” over his PMQs claims on employment, bank lending and disabled children’s benefits.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Déjà vu as Scottish referendum campaign turns nasty
Alex Salmond unveiled the Scottish government’s referendum plans today, calling it the “most exciting in Scotland’s modern history”; we look ahead to the campaign.
Policy in the pub: The future of UK skills
Amanda Ramsay details the events of the UK Skills ‘Top of the Policies’ meeting held by Pragmatic Radicalism, won by Jake Hayman of Future First.
Coalition should heed Obama’s advice on higher education – not slash teaching grants
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama made a strong defence of the importance of higher education, writes Sally Hunt.
Obama’s State of the Union address: Response and reactions
Alex Hern covers the response and reaction to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address – at least for this term in office.
Boris Johnson’s use of statistics are designed to mislead the public
Len Duvall, leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly, explains how London Mayor Boris Johnson’s use of statistics is designed to mislead the public.
The 12 practical problems of localising public sector pay
Neil Foster presents 12 problems with the government’s unfair, unworkable, and regressive plan to localise public sector pay.
Growth goes down, so what will happen to the deficit?
Alex Hern uses George’s Marvellous Deficit Calculator to examine what the news of GDP contraction means for the government’s flagship deficit reduction program
The double-dip begins
Tony Dolphin explains why the contraction in the 4th quarter of 2011 is likely to be the beginning of a double dip recession.
Fact Check fact checked: London’s fares CAN be cut
Tom Copley fact checks Channel Four’s Fact Check, and finds that they are buying TfL’s spin hook, line and sinker.