Osborne’s u-turns on regulation and bonuses enough to make your head spin
On bankers’ bonuses alone, George Osborne’s constant changes of direction since becoming shadow chancellor in 2005 would be enough to make anyone’s head spin.
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Has the UUP/Tory link hit the rocks?
Is the Conservative Party’s electoral link with the Ulster Unionists about to come to an end? Ed Jacobs reports on the latest developments in Northern Ireland.
Manor of his departure sees Adams receive apology from Cameron
The prime minister’s office has issued an apology after false claims by David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, writes Kevin Meagher.
IDS is (st)at it again
Iain Duncan Smith has once again mislead the House of Commons. He was forced to correct the record on housing benefit statistics.
Lansley’s “weasel words” hide coalition’s true intentions for NHS
The Coalition is trying to hide its big idea for health – the privitisation of commissioning and further use of private sector providers in the NHS. Why not be honest?
Firefighters’ strikes: Tory Brian Coleman “addicted to conflict”
Green London Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised Conservative Fire Authority Chairman Brian Coleman for not wanting a settlement with London firemen.
No2AV campaign distances itself from TaxPayers’ Alliance – or does it?
The gaffe-prone No2AV campaign appears to be trying to decontaminate its brand by axing Matthew Elliott as director and installing 2010 Tory PPC Charlotte Vere.
Clegg’s latest lie: UK was on verge of a “sovereign debt crisis”
This morning the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg repeated the now discredited claim that when the coalition formed Britain was “on the edge of bankruptcy”.
Clegg still trying to redefine ‘progressive’
Nick Clegg is still trying to claim the tuition fees u-turn is a “progressive” move, even as fees look set to triple next year, writes UCU gen sec Sally Hunt.
No2AV campaign start 2011 with another gaffe
UPDATE 14.23: It turns out that the Barry Sheerman gaffe reported earlier today was the No2AV campaign’s second mistake of the year. The original list of “114 Labour MPs” included Alun Michael, Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth andtest