Shamik Das
Look Left – Cameron’s reshuffle, Balls and Cable, and Obama and Clinton
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Balls woos Cable, in Plan B plea to “sensible people in the government”
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has followed Labour leader Ed Miliband’s lead, making fresh overtures to business secretary Vince Cable.
Watch: George Osborne gets bood at the Paralympics – while Gordon Brown gets cheered
George Osborne was booed at the Paralympics yesterday - while Gordon Brown was cheered.
All change as Cameron reshuffles the Coalition Cabinet
The new Cabinet is beginning to take shape with ministers who've been demoted, moved sideways or axed learning their fate this morning.
Syria: Cameron and Obama step up pressure on Assad amidst chemical weapons fears
David Cameron and Barack Obama have warned any move towards the use of chemical weapons by Bashar al-Assad “would force them to revisit their approach so far”.
Petition to protect school playing fields stepped up as pressure rises on Gove
The fight to save school playing fields received renewed impetus today following the revelations Michael Gove overruled experts five timesto approve sell-offs.