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Con 2012: Comment: Out-of-his-depth Hunt’s speech was one of the worst ever made

9 October, 2012

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today was one of the worst one ever made by a holder of a major Whitehall department.

NIESR: Economy grew 0.8% in Q3 – but underlying picture remains weak

Shamik Das

9 October, 2012

NIESR’s latest monthly estimates of GDP show the UK economy emerging from recession in Q3 2012 – up 0.8%; the underlying rate of growth, however, is weaker.

Con 2012: Boris exaggerates his record and ignores the facts. Again

9 October, 2012

Len Duvall AM, leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly, responds to Boris Johnson’s 2012 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

Ban Ki-moon urges Assad to declare truce as army “cleanse” villages around Homs

Shamik Das

9 October, 2012

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Syrian regime to declare a truce forthwith and bring an end to the conflict that has killed at least 20,000.

The Scottish Tories’ “Mitt Romney moment”?

Ed Jacobs

9 October, 2012

The SNP attack Lab, Labour attack the Toriesm and the Tories attack themselves – another typical day in the life of Scottish Politics, reports Ed Jacobs.