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.
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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 still be reading had I called it the politics of procurement now would you? (no, stop – don’t go!). No-onetest
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 plans which are contained within the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill passed its second reading in the Commons on Monday.test
Scottish Conservative cut loose by Cameron
When David Cameron took the reins of government, within a week of doing so, he made a point of visiting each of the devolved governments, seeking to highlight his new mantra of respect between Westminster, Holyrood, Cardiff Bay and Stormont. Little did they know; it now transpires that the respect is not, it seems, applicable to relations between Conservatives in London and Scotland.
Senior Tory councillor defects to Labour over Gove’s school cuts
The deputy leader of the Conservative group on Sandwell council has defected to Labour in protest at Michael Gove’s slashing of the Building Schools for the Future programme in her borough.
The Coalition’s scandalous opposition to EU anti-trafficking law
The refusal of the Coalition to endorse a European Union directive to combat the trade in sex slaves and child trafficking shows the weakness of the Liberal Democrat arm of the Government.
Political Innovation no1: Towards Interactive Government
If you’ve faced or solved problems around interactive government, help shape the body of knowledge around each of the barriers and their solutions on the wiki.
Why the Edinburgh East primary should be re-run
The Labour leadership primary in Edinburgh East was cast into doubt this evening when it became clear that only 300 people had voted in a contest which used the wrong rules.
Another week, another Tory tax exile – only this time the Daily Mail sinks him
They just don’t seem to learn. Barely a week after appointing famed billionaire tax avoider Sir Philip Green to advise the Government on cost-cutting, the Tories have been at it again, trying to appoint multi-millionaire tax exile David Rowland as Tory Party Treasurer.
Green’s appointment as ‘cuts Tsar’ drives Cable closer to resignation
One could be forgiven for checking that yesterday wasn’t April 1st after waking up to the news that private equity tycoon and asset-stripper extraordinaire Philip Green has been appointed by David Cameron to head a Whitehall spending review.