Left Foot Forward
Labour’s poll performance is a red herring
Several of my Labour-supporting friends have a spring in their step – level in the polls at last, as revealed by yesterday’s Reuters/Ipsos-MORI poll.
Just 1-in-3 Lib Dem voters support Coalition cuts
Only 29 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters support the scale of the government's spending cuts, according to a poll in this morning's Times.
The unity ticket? A quarter of party members are voting for both Milibands
While the Labour leadership election is likely to remain too close to call definitively until the day of the result, there is good evidence that the party will be able to unite around the winner.
Mili-D team is “also increasingly confident” of victory
David Miliband's team have hit back at comments by Mili-E on the Today programme. His team claim that they are "also increasingly confident" of victory.
Coalition still planning to opt out of directive on human trafficking
The prime minister today insisted the Government was uncompromising in its position on cracking down on human trafficking.
Number of working people living in poverty rises
The number of families living in poverty has grown by 200,000 in the past year. There are more children in poverty whose parents work than those who do not - highlighting that it is not just unemployment that causes poverty. New analysis reveals that in 2008/2009, there were 3.4 million families classed as "working poor".