Social Justice
Coulson escapes salary headline
Andy Coulson's salary has escaped scrutiny in today's list of top civil service pay. But his reported £475,000 salary is likely to make headlines next year.
Tory 24-hour u-u-turn on lobbying transparency
Conservative spin-doctors have got in touch to “clarify” that shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt had not actually said he supported a ban on secret lobbying.
Tory manifesto u-turn on lobbying transparency
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has performed a u-turn on lobbying, bringing the Conservative Party in line with the Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Exposing the greed of the “bankster” Tory PPCs
There appear to be at least 48 financiers fighting for a Parliamentary seat from which to defend the interests of the City - all of them Tory PPCs.
As election kicks off, UKIP finds itself mired in sleaze
UKIP's East of England MEP Stuart Agnew was secretly recorded by The Sunday Times telling an undercover reporter how to get round the ban on proxy donations.
Tackling tax avoidance is the fair way forward
Alistair Darling's Budget was an opportunity to address the inequity of tax avoidance. He took it but there's still more to be done.