Shamik Das
Politics Summary: Monday, March 22nd
President Obama passes the healthcare bill, the "cash for access" scandal, Alistair Darling, Vince Cable and the Tory "gang of six".
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Lord Ashcroft, strikes, the unemployment stats, Iraq and more.
Loans chaos rounds off rotten week for students
The news this morning that students are to face another year of chaos and delays in applying for grants and loans comes at the end of a terrible week for them.
Politics Summary: Friday, March 19th
More on the Lord Ashcroft scandal and William Hague's involvement with the £127 million tax avoider, nuclear submarines, Clegg, Darling, the BA strike and more.
Defending Sure Start against vicious right-wing attacks
As questions continue to mount over the Conservatives' policies on Sure Start, one of their media proxies has launched a vicious attack on the scheme.
Miliband ads “don’t go far enough” says Green leader
The climate change adverts banned today do not go far enough in their warnings of the dangers of inaction, the Green party leader has told Left Foot Forward.