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Plan for EU banking union unveiled
Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands Last week the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, unveiled plans for a European banking union, which I discussed with Andrew Neil on today’s Daily Politics. After monthstest
US Election campaign digest: Romney’s gaffes, disagreement with China and more
Fundraiser gaffes scuttle Romney relaunch Efforts by the Republican nominee to reboot his flagging campaign have been thrown off course after it emerged he made disparaging comments about Obama voters to a gathering of fundraisers. A video clip obtained bytest
The British public wants the world’s students to come here – provided they make the grade
Robert Ford is a lecturer in politics at the University of Manchester researching immigration, racial attitudes and the radical right. The UK Border Agency’s decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its right to issue visas to students from outsidetest
The Government’s Youth Contract is not up to the job
This morning the Work and Pensions committee publish their report on the Government’s Youth Contract, their initiative to tackle record high youth unemployment. So confident were the coalition that they thought this was the right approach, that the Labour initiative,test
Judges rule that Prince Charles’ letters to government must be made public
Today judges ruled that letters sent by Prince Charles to ministers should be made public. Mr Justice Walker and two other judges ruled that: “The essential reason is that it will generally be in the overall public interest for theretest
‘Green on Blue’: The hidden enemy
After a spate of green on blue attacks, attacks by uniformed Afghan police on NATO forces, NATO has announced that they are scaling back joint operations. This development goes to the very heart of the problems facing the future oftest
Nail in the electoral coffin? Romney insults 47% of voters
Mitt Romney’s run of self inflicted electoral harm continues. Yesterday Mother Jones released a video that revealed his opinion of 47% of voters: ‘There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what… dependenttest
Government compensation cuts reconsidered
Matt Chappell is involved in criminal injury compensation research and writes for Pannone Law. In what must be a great relief for victims of criminal injury, the government has withdrawn its plans to reduce the levels of available compensation astest
Andrews v Gove – The plot thickens
The ongoing spat between Welsh Education Minister, Leighton Andrews and England’s Education Secretary, Michael Gove deepened yesterday following the announcement in Westminster of reforms to the examination system. Following a public spat between Cardiff Bay and Whitehall which has seentest
Children’s charities face ‘perfect storms’
Nick Davies is a Policy Manager at the Charity Children England. Although talk of the ‘Big Society’ has been somewhat quiet of late, charities are still central to the Coalition’s vision for open public services and play a vital roletest