With the Spending Review just four weeks away, pressure is beginning to ramp up on George Osborne with widespread public dissatisfaction over his cuts and a challenge from his colleague, Boris Johnson, over the strategy. Pre-empting the Labour leadership candidates’test
Business secretary Vince Cable appeared to be on a collission course with his coalition partners this afternoon, hitting out at the immigration cap.
Iain Duncan Smith has told a group of MPs that he “simply doesn’t recognise” the £4 billion figure that George Osborne claims will be cut from the welfare budget. The latest remarks will heighten tensions between two of David Cameron’stest
Nick Clegg’s proposals for 5-year fixed terms will put Britain at odds with most democratic countries. The proposals were not even Lib Dem policy.
Ed Balls has told the two Miliband brothers that they are “rerunning the debates of the past”. He also spoke about his campaign mistakes but vowed “I always fight to win”.
George Osborne’s definition of “intergenerational fairness” has been questioned by leading economists. They say, “risk should be shared out across generations”.
The Labour leadership primary in Edinburgh East was cast into doubt this evening when it became clear that only 300 people had voted in a contest which used the wrong rules.
Ed Miliband wants the Liberal Democrats “extinct”. Since only 1-in-10 target seats are held by the Lib Dems, Labour must instead fight the Tories.
Ed Balls has announced the support of two new MPs. Left Foot Forward’s model now projects that he will come third.
George Osborne is the most popular Conservative Chancellor ever. But he has not reached the heights of either Labour’s Denis Healey or Gordon Brown.
