After Italy and Spain play hardball, Europe is a step closer to issuing eurobonds
At an overnight EU summit on the debt crisis, Monti and Rajoy face Germany down, securing direct access to bailout funds for struggling banks.
Ben Phillips
Ben is an intern at Left Foot Forward.
Trapped between Moscow and Damascus: Annan’s peace plan for Syria stumbles again
Russia will only support Annan’s plan if it doesn’t stipulate the form of a unity government, yet the opposition demand the exclusion of Assad’s inner circle.
Graduate unemployment doubles in five years
New figures from HESA reveal rising graduate unemployment on the same day as Department of Education stats show an increase in numbers of 16-18 year old NEETs.
Flogging Olympic broadcasting rights to the highest bidder
DCMS ringfences free-to-air broadcast of the Olympics, yet the IOC expect bids from pay TV broadcasters for the 2016 Games. What do they know that we don’t?
A coalition (still) at war over Lords reform
As the government publishes a draft bill on the reform of the House of Lords, the prime minister prepares to unleash his backbenchers against the legislation.
The Spanish banking crisis: Europe between a rock and a hard place
With the imminent recapitalisation of Spain’s banks, concerns grow that the Eurozone’s €100bn bailout may prove insufficient, triggering a greater crisis
UEFA’s pitiful response to racism at Euro 2012 should worry us all
The inadequate fine handed to Croatia is another sign of a governing body that cares more for technicalities than for the welfare of black and Asian players.
Tory tantrums: Backbenchers on the warpath over Hunt and Lords reform
After the Liberal Democrats abstained from last week’s vote on referring Jeremy Hunt over breaches of the Ministerial Code, the Tories prepare to strike back.
As the coalition attacks relative child poverty, here’s a list of mythbusting facts
As the DWP publishes its annual Households Below Average Income figures, coalition policies are cancelling out a decade’s progress in tackling child poverty.
If Britons elected the US president, it’d be a landslide for Obama
A survey of global attitudes towards Barack Obama’s presidency reveals ebbing enthusiasm for his policies, yet overwhelming European support for a second term.