Sign up to receive this political summary in your inbox by 9am every morning. The Guardian reports that, “Health trusts are cutting thousands of jobs to deliver £20bn of NHS ‘efficiencies’ despite the coalition government’s promises to protect frontline services”. Thetest
The Daily Telegraph‘s front page focuses on Nick Clegg’s electoral reform proposals and cross-party concern with the intended date. The Deputy Prime Minister set out plans for the House of Commons to be reduced from 650 to 600 MPs aftertest
The coalition has announced a u-turn on the controversial dissolution resolution. In doing so they have taken our advice and moved to a two-thirds majority.
Diane Abbott is the second leadership candidate to respond to our questions crowd-sourced with Left Foot Forward readers after David Miliband spoke to us last week. Responding via email, the only woman in the race announced her support for “Yes”test
With a date now set for a referendum on switching the electoral system to the Alternative Vote, a debate will no doubt rage inside both the Labour and Conservative parties as to how they should campaign.
Several papers cover the news, broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday afternoon, that there will be a referendum on the Alternative Vote next May. The Guardian reports that the “coalition government is to test its unity” with the move. Theytest
Business investment is stagnating. Coalition policies look set to exacerbate the problem and will do little to help the economy meet OBR’s ambitious estimates.
George Osborne claims there’s a “trade-off” between cutting welfare spending and departmental budgets. It’s a false choice and reflects only his ideological masochism.
The Financial Times reports that “rebel [Lib Dem] MPs have signalled that they will vote in Parliament tonight against the Budget resolution that concerns the VAT rise.” An amendment has been signed, which demands “an assessment of the impact oftest
This story is jointly written by Will Straw and Tom Phillips George Osborne is fond of saying that, “We’re all in this together”. But after this week’s regressive Emergency Budget, Left Foot Forward can reveal that local spending cuts announcedtest
