Cameron silences Wales’s voice
David Cameron’s Welsh secretary will only sit on one cabinet committee; by contrast, the Scottish secretary will sit on eight.
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Lib-Con councils provide warning for progressives
Liberal Democrats pitch themselves as centre-left progressives. But in 18 councils they have formed governing coalitions with the Tories.
Special interests have captured the copyright debate
Our guest writer is Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (@jimkillock) Progressive politics stands for justice and understanding, and facing up to corporate special interests to defend the public good. Yet somehow those corporate special interests havetest
Time for the left to reclaim the “transparency” debate
If you were to draw up a tag-cloud of common phrases that dominated the political blogs in 2009, as the year wore on, you would have seen the dominance of the word “liberty” giving way to an increasing concern withtest
Nicola Sturgeon – what future?
The SNP will have to consider whether Ms Sturgeon remains an asset to her party as its deputy leader, not least after her involvement in the “Lunchgate” saga.
Tory stats questioned again as Hammond makes “unfair comparison”
The Conservative’s use of statistics have again come under scrutiny. Philip Hammond has made an “unfair comparison” of insolvency figures before and after 1997.
What are the SNP hiding?
Concerns have been raised by Scotland’s Information Commissioner that the SNP Government is routinely and systematically rejecting Freedom of Information bids.
Tory spending cut ad disarray
Left Foot Forward reported this morning on Labour’s press conference where the confusion over Conservative spending cut plans were laid bare. The Tories attempted to retaliate this afternoon with Craig Elder, Online Communities Editor, tweeting at 12.46: “How we’re usingtest
Progressive groups want faster progress on parliamentary reform
Progressive groups have reacted with dismay at the Government’s tactics over parliamentary reform. Harriet Harman has said that reform must be consensual.
Notts council leader ignores Thatcher’s U-turn advice
In 1980, Maragret Thatcher famously told her party conference, “You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning!” Such words would have fallen on deaf ears in Nottinghamshire where the Conservative county council leader, Kay Cutts, has madetest