Watch: Charlotte Harris rebuts the anti-regulation “scaremongering”
Watch Charlotte Harris rebut the anti-regulation “scaremongering” of the likes of Neil Wallis and Boris Johnson.
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Salmond goes AWOL as Labour attack “arrogance and contempt” of SNP leader
Alex Salmond was accused of “running scared” after he failed to show up for a debate on the SNP’s lack of legal advice on EU membership at Holyrood today.
Cable’s memory problems: 11:07: ‘Growth committee’s never met’… 12:05: ‘It’s met twice’
Vince Cable is quizzed on the cabinet’s mysterious Growth Implementation Committee.
JRF: Universal Credit is a “significant challenge” to poor families and will affect women more
The Universal Credit represents a “significant challenge” to low-income families and is likely to affect women “disproportionately”, according to a JRF report.
The Tory Olympic legacy? Scrapping protections for school playing fields
School sport: new regulations come in to force on Wedneseday which get rid of the requirement on all schools to have decent sized playing fields.
Desperate Romney camp ‘fake’ images – as Obama’s chance of winning shoots up
The Mitt Romney campaign are embroiled in a ‘fakery’ row over an image of a Nevada rally that appears to have been manipulated to exaggerate the crowd size.
Conrad Black: Angry, brash, unrepentant… and coming to a screen near you
Conrad Black, felon, fraudster, crusader against the US justice system, over here and on tele, protesting his innocene and flogging his book.
Does Lansley think global warming is a “bourgeois, left-wing” conspiracy?
Andrew Lansley yesterday failed to condemn a Tory council leader who said global warming “may not exist” and was dreamt up by “bourgeois left-wing academics”.
The economic puzzle: The stats may be good but the grim jobs news keeps coming
The headline stats – on GDP and on unemployment – are, on the face of it, good news for the economy and the government – yet the grim news keeps rolling in.
Look Left – Growth returns, Salmond implodes, and US election enters final stretch
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.