Shamik Das
Politics Summary: Friday, April 16th
Nick Clegg emerged victorious from the first prime ministerial tv debate last night, leaving a floundering David Cameron in his wake.
ITV Leaders’ Debate live webchat
Cameron’s MEPs vote with UKIP & BNP against gender equality
Nearly 90 per cent of David Cameron's MEPs voted against a European Parliament resolution calling for "Action on Gender Equality".
Tory Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed
The Tories' new Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed. It is uncosted, inequitable, inefficient, and subject to top-down political control.
“Same old Tories” have missed their progressive moment
Centre-Left pressure group Compass today launches a new pamphlet and website looking at how David Cameron missed his chance to change the Conservative Party.
Headteachers say only Labour will increase school spending
Fifty of the country's headteachers have today said only Labour would guarantee "ringfenced and increased investment" in all Britain's schools.