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Pickles’s meddle and populism bill
Jessica Studdert, political adviser to the Labour group at the Local Govt Assoc, examines Eric Pickles's meddling in the very localism he claims to champion.
Standards or structures?
Our guest writer is Kimberley Trewhitt, a Researcher at the Reform think tank The debate has long raged over “standards […]
Every Lib Dem MP signed NUS pledge – will they all now cave in to Cameron?
Senior Liberal Democrats are facing significant resistance from their political opponents over the less than graceful U-turn over student tuition fees.
Party democracy alive and kicking at Lib Dem conference
Lib Dem supporters are rallying behind Clegg and his Coalitioneers. The anticipated fallout has yet to surface, and a healthy dose of dissent has risen in its place.
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.
Politics Summary: Friday, July 2nd
Several papers cover the news, broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday afternoon, that there will be a referendum on the […]