Cameron signals rail fares u-turn
A report on the government’s u-turn on rail fares.
Shamik Das
Now energy companies warn Osborne: Go green or we’ll leave Britain
Seven major energy companies employing 17,500 workers in Britain are threatening to withdraw hundreds of millions of pounds of investment.
Polls cast pall over Cameron and Osborne as Tory conference begins
As the Conservative Party Conference begins in Birmingham today, the latest polls provide the grimmest of backdrops for David Cameron and George Osborne.
Labour lay into Cameron on NHS and borrowing on eve of Tory conference
Labour stepped up the pressure on David Cameron today with a new poster mocking his airbrushed pre-election pledge, and a new “Borrowing Counter” website.
As clean energy investment drops again, how can Labour reverse the slide if elected?
Clean energy investment had dropped to its lowest level since 2009 – how can Labour lead the world in reversing this slide.
Look Left – One Nation Ed, One Nation Education, and reforming housing
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Lab 2012: Twigg attacks “extreme” Gove and outlines “One Nation education” plans
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg today attacked Michael Gove as “extreme and out of touch” in his “One Nation education” Labour conference speech today.
How did Greening’s “accountant’s eye” miss the WCML screw up while at Transport?
New international development secretary Justine Greening has pledged a “line-by-line” examination of DFID spending – yet she failed to spot the WCML farce.
Lab 2012: Miliband unveils vision to inspire the “forgotten 50 per cent”
At the Labour Party Conference today, Ed Miliband will set out big reforms in education and apprenticeships to address the needs of the “forgotten 50 per cent”.
Shocking economic illiteracy from the Telegraph
In a grandiose editorial proclaiming Labour “cannot be trusted to rebuild Britain”, the Telegraph this morning showed that it cannot be trusted to tell the truth on the economy. Today’s leader column ranted: The slogan for this week’s Labourtest