Public sector productivity on the rise
New figures from the ONS: 2007 marked a turning point in taxpayers value for money for public services. Public sector productivity is also in taxpayers favour.
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Politics Summary: Tuesday, November 3rd
Children in affluent areas are sinking into poverty. One in five – two million – British children now live in households where neither parent has a job, a rise of 170,000 since 2008. Today’s study warns that halving child povertytest
The madness of a “manifesto mandate”
A manifesto mandate for wider renegotiation, likely to be pursued by Cameron, is more worrying than the hollow gesture of a referendum after Lisbon is ratified.
Politics Summary: Monday, November 2nd
Sign up to receive this Political Summary every morning in your inbox by 9am. Two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs have resigned in protest at Alan Johnson’s treatment of Professor David Nutt. Another member toldtest
Poland cannot veto Miliband
Guido Fawkes claims the Polish governing party says it will veto Miliband EU foreign minister role. But the decision will be taken QMV with no veto for Poland.
BNP still closed to non-Whites
The decision last month by the BNP to review its membership rules has unravelled with a video showing racial discrimination in practice
Unanswered questions for Chief Rabbi Schudrich
Chief Rabbi Schudrich’s appearance on the Today programme answers two of Left Foot Forward’s questions but uncertainties remain.
Politics Summary: Friday, October 30th
Sign up to receive this Political Summary every morning in your inbox by 9am. The Guardian report that women earn an average of 21 per cent an hour less than men for full- and part-time work with huge national disparities.test
Osborne the “clown” gets confused on stimulus
George Osborne was today accused by Chief Secretary Liam Byrne of making “a complete clown of himself” as he asserted that the US would be out of recession even without the stimulus, a claim denied by the two of thetest
Five questions for Poland’s Chief Rabbi
The Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, found himself at the centre of a political row today as claim and counter-claim were made over his statements on Michal Kaminski, the controversial leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists. The Jewishtest