Right-Wing Watch
Coalition’s party funding cap plans would be bad for our democracy
Decimating the Labour party’s income would be bad for our democracy - Democratic Audit’s Stephen Crone looks at the coalition’s latest party funding cap plans.
Coalition must match rhetoric with action on transparency
This is not a time for bowing to corporate lobbying - it is a time for strong leadership to match strong rhetoric, writes Rushanara Ali MP.
What does Coulson have on Cameron and Murdoch?
Phone hacking: The big question now is what does Andy Coulson know that neither David Cameron nor James Murdoch wants coming out? By Left Foot Forward's Tom Rouse.
Why did DWP delay releasing new data until after welfare reform bill cleared Commons?
Why was new research from the Department for Work and Pensions, which downgraded estimates for the growth in Disability Living Allowance, a major reason given for welfare reform, delayed until after the welfare bill passed the Commons?
DWP admits disability reform based on dodgy figures, as reported by Left Foot Forward
DWP has acknowledged that one of the key statistics it has used to justify radical change to disability benefits ‘gives a distorted picture’, six months after Left Foot Forward pointed it out.
Politics is too important to be left to politicians – time for citizens’ juries
The Canadian province of British columbia shows how citizens' juries can build political solutions from the bottom up, building support along the way.