Dan “I don’t meet lobbyists” Hannan has questions to answer
Despite Tory MEP Dan Hannan’s claims that he is lobbyist-free, it turns out that by the Conservatives’ own definition, he has met lobbyists.
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As the coalition attacks relative child poverty, here’s a list of mythbusting facts
As the DWP publishes its annual Households Below Average Income figures, coalition policies are cancelling out a decade’s progress in tackling child poverty.
Salmond at Leveson: Was that it?
No evidence to back Scottish first minister’s claims that his lobbying of Murdoch would benefit the Scottish people.
Is Cameron ready for Leveson?
If anyone has any bad news to bury, today is the day, as our right honourable prime minister gives evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
Members of Cameron’s ECR group mingle with anti-Semitic priest
The European Conservatives and Reformists Group has invited a controversial priest accused on anti-Semitism to the European Parliament
Labour’s poll lead may be surging, but it’s due in large part to the rise of UKIP
The recent rise in the Labour lead is arguably more to do with UKIP than Labour.
Time for slippery Salmond to answer for his “toe-curling fawning over Rupert Murdoch”
On Wednesday, SNP leader Alex Salmond will have to face the Leveson Inquiry and atone for his “toe-curling fawning over Rupert Murdoch”.
Women have been in the British cabinet for 83 years, but the fight for representation isn’t over
Today marks the anniversary of the first female appointment into the British cabinet, but statistics show women’s progress in politics has been poor.
Does Boris have any idea what he’s going to do in his second term?
Len Duvall, leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly, looks at Boris Johnson’s first month of his second term as London Mayor.
After Jubileegate: Five reasons why the Work Programme gets it wrong
The scandal surrounding the exploitation of unpaid stewards at the jubilee celebrations is the latest object lesson in the Work Programme’s many systemic flaws.