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Promises to shout about on World Poverty Day?
During today’s ‘World Poverty Day’ party leaders will be showcasing their plans on international development.
I met a blue man in Plymouth
David Cameron's anecdotes have come under scrutiny since the leaders' debate. Left Foot Forward takes an evidence-based look at his blue friends in the south.
Progressive benchmarks for the three parties
All parties have promised to be progressive in power, but by 2014 how will voters be able to judge whether the Government – whoever it might be – has delivered?
Making the case for votes at 16
Labour’s manifesto promise for “a free vote in Parliament on reducing the voting age to 16” has once again forced the issue of voting age back into the news.
Cameron’s “Big Society” is in democratic deficit
David Cameron’s “Big Society” is in democratic deficit. It is merely a back-door way of allowing the wealthy and educated to clean up at the expense of the poor.
In the absence of money, reform is essential
The central theme of Labour’s manifesto, launched yesterday, is public service reform; it is even more central to this manifesto than previous ones.