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Scottish infrastructure plans an uncosted “bribe” claim opposition parties

5 February, 2013

The Scottish government yesterday published an update to its own Infrastructure Investment Plan, described as an uncosted “bribe” by opposition parties.

Five reasons conservatives should support gay marriage

James Bloodworth

5 February, 2013

There are some very good reasons why conservatives should back gay marriage. Left Foot Forward has come up with five.

Graphic: Eastleigh election results, 1955-2010

4 February, 2013

A graph showing election results in Eastleigh from 1955 to 2010, following Chris Huhne’s guilty plea to perverting the course of justice and resignation.

Bulgaria, Romania, concerns about immigration and attitudes to EU membership

Jill Rutter

4 February, 2013

The debate over Bulgarian and Romanian migration shows that concerns about immigration are now inevitably intertwined with attitudes to EU membership.

Comment: Peace in the middle east requires an honest debate about the Israeli occupation

Daniel Wickham

4 February, 2013

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has lasted longer than most people expected. But the truce remains unstable, with violations on both sides, and few believe it will guarantee anything more than a short-term peace for the region. We must,test

Government risks a ‘lost decade’ for deprived areas

4 February, 2013

The government heralded the fall in unemployment as evidence their economic strategy is working – but in deprived areas the picture is less rosy.

Hundreds of families in Osborne’s own constituency set to lose out with ‘bedroom tax’

Kevin Meagher

4 February, 2013

Hundreds of social housing tenants in George Osborne’s own Tatton constituency are set to be hit by the so-called “bedroom tax”, reports Kevin Meagher.