Video: What Michael Gove thinks of people who use foodbanks
David Cameron refuses to say during PMQs whether he supports Michael Gove’s views on foodbanks in reply to a question from Labour MP Luciana Berger.
Syria: If Britain is unwilling to help the rebels, it should open its doors to Syrian refugees
Welcoming Syrian refugees to Britain would go some way to dissipating the idea that yesterday was all about politicking, rather than the lives of innocent people in a warzone.
Syria: Politicians should act as leaders, not try to be lawyers
If military action against Assad is morally justified then that surely must be the case regardless of whether or not it is ‘legal’.
Cameron worst PM in recorded history for living standards
David Cameron has been in Downing Street for 36 months of falling real wages – more than any Prime Minister on record – according to new analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Renewables more popular than shale, according to YouGov
Renewable energy sources are more popular with the public than shale extraction (i.e. fracking), according to the latest polling from YouGov.
80% want public ownership option for services
80 per cent of the public believe that there should always be a public sector bid when a public service in contracted out to judge if the service could be provided at better value, according to a new survey.
Look left: Employment tribunals, the Olympic legacy and how Labour can win in 2015
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics.
The rise in zero hour contracts
The two graphs show the rise in the number of people on zero hour contracts in the past eight years.
Lewisham Hospital campaigners win High Court battle
A High Court judge has quashed plans by the government to cut services at Lewisham hospital.
Five election pledges Labour should make to win in 2015
Tim Montgomerie wrote an interesting piece in yesterday’s Times setting out ‘five ways to widen Tory appeal and win’ in 2015. Today we thought we might do the same for Labour. In 2010 the party suffered its worst election defeattest