Is Welby the right man for the job?
After the tenure of Dr Rowan Williams, his successor is an Etonian ex-oilman – but who is the real Justin Welby? And what does he believe?
Ed Jacobs
Ed writes on devolved and local government. He works as a political consultant at the only Northern based consultancy, The Public Affairs Company. Ed has previously helped establish and run a student news website therundown.co.uk.
A “system gone crazy”: Tory cuts force London councils to send homeless to Wales
Tory cuts are forcing London local authorities into making preparations to relocate homeless families outside of the capital – as far away as Wales.
Brown: SNP’s “incoherent and ill thought out plans” play “Blankety Blank” with future
Gordon Brown this weekend re-entered the debate over Scottish independence by accusing the nationalists of playing “Blankety Blank” with the nation’s future.
Scomnishambles latest: Legal ding-dong on EU advice as Clegg wades in to Holyrood scrap
The UK and Scottish governments have turned down an offer from the EC to provide its legal advice over the status of an independent Scotland within the EU.
McLeish v Lamont: Ghost of Scottish Labour past gives leader a Halloween fright
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest wranglings in Scottish Labour as former leader Alex McLeish delivers a Halloween fright to current boss Johann Lamont.
Comment: Miliband’s mental health speech needs to be the start of something bigger
A look at Ed Miliband’s One Nation speech on mental health today.
Darling: Salmond’s Scomnishambles a “defining” moment for independence debate
Alistair Darling waded into the debate on Alex Salmond’s shambolic screw-ups of the past week, labelling them a “defining” moment in the independence debate.
Salmondshambles: Wee Eck’s dark day becomes a bleak week
Alex Salmond’s dark day has become a week from Hell for the Scottish first minister, as the SNP’s independence campaign limps from one disaster to the next.
Salmondshambles: “Barefaced liar” Alex Salmond suffers “darkest day” as first minister
Ed Jacobs reports on Alex Salmond’s “darkest day” since coming to power, branded a “barefaced liar” by Scottish Labour after a series of gaffes and falsehoods.
SNP resignations leave Salmond with majority of one
Highland and Islands MSPs John Finnie & Jean Urquhart have announced they have quit the Scottish National Party over Alex Salmond’s decision not to leave NATO.