Left Foot Forward
Politics Summary: Friday, May 21st
The Times and Telegraph lead with the 34-page “programme for government” from the Coalition, which supersedes either manifesto. Under the […]
Scrapping of HIPs masks Tory u-turn on stamp duty
There has been an almost deafening silence from Grant Shapps and Eric Pickles over the dropping of the Tory manifesto pledge to raise the stamp duty threshold.
Scottish Conservatives – the autopsy starts now
Make no mistake about it, the Conservative Party's failure to gain any seats in Scotland was a hammer blow.
Child and pensioner poverty fall, but 2010 target will be missed
Both child and pensioner poverty fell in 2008/09 compared to the previous year.
New warning coalition could split the Lib Dems
David Cameron's old politics tutor and leading constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor warned that the Liberal Democrats risked being split and "swallowed up".
Politics Summary: Thursday, May 20th
The prime minister and deputy prime minister will unveil full details of the coalitions programme of government this morning.