Left Foot Forward
Making the case for votes at 16
Labour’s manifesto promise for “a free vote in Parliament on reducing the voting age to 16” has once again forced the issue of voting age back into the news.
Election Focus – Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein remain committed to its policy of not taking its seats in Westminster, seeing the 2010 campaign as a springbroad for next year’s Stormont elections.
Politics Summary: Thursday, April 15th
The Telegraph‘s front page and Times reveal that at least 58 economists from around the world will argue that “David […]
The Lib Dem manifesto: a progressive perspective
The Liberal Democrats' plans contain a number of progressive priorities. But their tax plans are regressive and the funding is "highly speculative", say the IFS.
Election Focus – Alliance Party
David Ford is Northern Ireland’s first justice minister since Westminster took back control of policing powers from the previous Stormont government in 1972.
Cameron let me down, says founder of Tory gay rights group
Two former Conservative party members have defected to Labour over the Tory party's approach to gay rights. Both criticised David Cameron by name.