Another broken Tory promise: 31 Sure Start centres have already closed
Thirty one Sure Start centres have closed since the election, despite David Cameron’s pre-election pledges and post-election promises the centres would be protected.
Shamik Das
Public more concerned than not about cuts, jobs and prices
With this morning’s growth figures undewhelming at best, the latest Populus poll on public concerns makes for more grim reading for the chancellor.
Norway tragedy: The hard-right haters are still going on about Islam
Right-wing commentators and extremists, who blames Muslims for Friday’s terror attacks in Norway, have sought to justify their prejudices – or just blamed them anyway.
Look Left – I dag er vi alle norske
At least 93 people are now known to have been killed in Friday’s terror attacks in Norway; Anders Behring Breivik will appear in court tomorrow charged with the attacks.
Norway’s day of terror
Up to 100 people have been killed in twin terror attacks in Norway, at least seven in car bomb in Oslo and 80 people in a gun attack on Utoeya Island.
Murdoch could be jailed for “life of the Parliament” if guilty of contempt
James Murdoch faces a maximum sentence of being “committed to prison during the life of the Parliament” if he is found to have misled the media select committee.
The problem of ‘blagging’ goes well beyond hackgate
An eye-opening report by the Information Commissioner today reveals the shocking scale of ‘blagging’ and other breaches of privacy, going well beyond hackgate.
Yet again, Cameron fails to say sorry over Coulson
For the umpteenth time, David Cameron failed to fully apologise for brining the poison of Andy Coulson into Downing Street, in a Commons debate on phone hacking.
The hackgate questions Cameron must answer
In the next half hour, the prime minister will make an emergency statement to Parliament on the phone hacking scandal, as more damning revelations emerge.
The Murdoch hearings: What the rules say
Much print has been expended on what powers the culture, media and sport committee have, and what the witnesses may or may not be allowed to say – but what are the rules?