Politics Summary: Tuesday, February 9th
Electoral reform, expenses, the economy, Lord Ashcroft and social care.
Shamik Das
Accommodation must be found over wearing of Sikh dagger in schools
Leading secularists have said an accommodation with religious groups needs to be found after a judge said Sikh children should be allowed to wear the dagger.
Hypocritical Cameron voted against proposals to reform parliamentary privilege
When the Parliamentary Standards Bill was introduced, it contained a clause stating parliamentary privilege did not prevent evidence being admissible.
Politics Summary: Monday, February 8th
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox has been slated by military chiefs for future Tory defence policy, which he is set to explain in a speech to the Royal Unitedtest
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The Week in Politics • Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, and Tory peer Lord Hanningfield were today charged with false accounting over their expenses claims. The four were served the day after Sir Thomas Legg publishedtest
Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats
Following Chris Grayling’s manipulation of crime stats this week, it has emerged that backbench Tory MPs are doing the same off their own backs.
Isolated Cameron defends Kaminski (again) as European leaders rally round Brown
The controversy over David Cameron’s alliance with Michal Kaminski re-ignited today following an interview in which the Tory leader once again defended him.
Record high for passenger satisfaction as Tory rail policy hits the buffers
Theresa Villiers and George Osborne sent out mixed messages over the Conservative party’s transport policies this week, over Crossrail and high speed rail.
Politics Summary: Thursday, February 4th
MPs’ expenses, the Conservatives’ fiddling of crime stats, the Lord Chief Justice’s calls for the scrapping of fines for serious offences, N. Ireland and Obama.
Weak link Grayling: Wrong on the facts, wrong on the stats
Leading Tory Chris Grayling claims there’s been a “98% INCREASE in serious violent crime” – the true figure, however, is a 50% FALL in violent crime since 1995.