Shamik Das
Balls: “Cutting too far and too fast creates a vicious circle”
Ed Balls has called the government's private sector job creation policy a "total flop" - with the £1 billion 'National Insurance holiday' announced by George Osborne in his inaugural budget last June creating just 6,000 jobs.
Vote 2011: Bad for Clegg, better for Cameron, OK for Miliband
Shamik Das summarises the state of play in the English local elections, and the Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh devolved elections, and looks ahead to the AV referendum result.
Cameron fails to retract claim regulator will be able to cut fees
David Cameron failed to answer Ed Miliband's questions on tuition fees and the fair access regulator at Prime Minister's Questions today, reports Shamik Das.
The madness of Ken’s attack on Obama
Labour's candidate for London Mayor Ken Livingstone has put his foot in it again today - saying the assassination of Osama bin Laden made President Obama look like "some kind of mobster".
All eyes on Barcelona as racism rears its ugly head again
Barcelona v Real Madrid tonight has been overshadowed by accusations of racism, with Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets accused of calling Real left back Marcelo a "mono" - monkey.
Press freedom in peril: Another celeb injunction, and now a contra mundum
The right to freedom of expression suffered a further blow yesterday when the High Court imposed a contra mundum injunction in a privacy case for the first time.