Unravelling the Lib Dem spin that they’re ending child detention
Labour MP Lisa Nandy is correct to point out that Nick Clegg has reneged on his promise to end child detention, writes End Child Detention Now’s Simon Parker.
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New survey shows public more willing to take action over pensions
Seven in ten voters would take some form of action if their pension contributions were to increase while promising lower returns, writes Neil Foster.
A-list Tory ‘asks’ how we can stop the poor from having too many kids
Alex Hern reveals star Tory Harriet Baldwin’s “questions” about whether poor parents ought to be punished for having too many children.
Cameron’s refusal to open full inquiry into Finucane murder stokes row with Dublin
The row between Britain and Ireland over David Cameron’s refusal to establish a judicial inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane has grown.
May “looking shoddy”, but not toast yet
Alex Hern reports on the revelations from Brodie Clark’s testimony on Theresa May, borders and immigration to the home affairs select committee today.
Clegg under fire over voter registration, party funding and youth unemployment
Nick Clegg was grilled on boundary changes, the voter registration reforms, party funding, youth unemployment and child detention at DPMQ’s in the Commons today.
£200m of aid budget to be spent on St Helena airport – after lobbying from Lord Ashcroft
The government has approved £200 million of the aid budget to be spent building an airport for St Helena – after lobbying from £127m tax dodger Lord Ashcroft.
Memo to Cameron: The rich give less to charity
The rich give less to charity than the poor, making David Cameron’s Tory mission to roll back the frontiers of the state are deeply, deeply regressive.
The rotten borough of the City of London needs to be dragged into the 21st century
The City of London, the rotten borough at the heart of our capital, is not going to reform on its own – we need to make it reform, writes Jenny Jones AM.
In touch?! Backbench Tories grumble over “inadequate” £65,738 salary
Alex Hern asks what on Earth out of touch Tory backbenchers were thinking when complaining to Conservative Home about their “inadequate” £65,738 salary.