Right-Wing Watch
RDA consultation is a total dog’s breakfast
Last week saw the deadline pass for local authorities and businesses to produce proposals for new, local regeneration bodies to succeed the eight regional development agencies outside London, allegedly replacing the “top-down prescription approach taken previously”.
Five-year fix
Nick Clegg's proposals for 5-year fixed terms will put Britain at odds with most democratic countries. The proposals were not even Lib Dem policy.
BIS experiment dismisses internationally excellent research
David Willetts, minister of science, yesterday confirmed on the Today programme that the science budget will be cut. Although I don’t agree with this policy, I was not surprised. The decision has been widely trailed, with most university departments quietly bracing themselves for this outcome.
Scots Labour leader: Alex Salmond “in office but not in power”
Alex Salmond has pledged to put his Government’s budget at the heart of the SNP’s programme leading up to next May’s elections to the Scottish Parliament.
Political Innovation no2: The politics of buying things
This is a guest cross-post by Dominic Campbell – originally posted on the Political Innovation site here Well, you wouldn’t […]
Welsh Tories express “great concern” over Coalition’s constituency shake-up
Two Welsh Conservative MPs have expressed their concerns over coalition plans to cut the number of Parliamentary constituencies. The Government […]