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Balls vs Gove: Coalition academies ‘fail the fairness test’
In an address to the Fabian Society this morning, Ed Balls unveiled new research which attacks Michael Gove’s academies programme for being elitist.
Cameron: More Heath than Thatcher?
Of course such a proposition is tantamount to someone questioning your parentage in modern Conservative circles. What is often overlooked, […]
The more you look at the IFS analysis, the worse it gets
Poorer families are in fact paying nearly five times more than the richest to bring down the budget deficit at a speed and value greater than anything tried before. This comes on top of evidence from the House of Commons Library that women will bear 73% of the impact of the budget as tax credits and child benefit and scaled back.
Mitchell: perception created by DfID leak is “total bollocks”
Andrew Mitchell invited Left Foot Forward for a conversation about his approach to international development. He dismissed the perception created by a DfID leak as "total bollocks"
More woe for Clegg as Ed Miliband slams Coalition’s 100-day record
Twitter sentiment for Nick Clegg is down sharply - while David Cameron’s rating has risen slightly, in another stark illustration of the unpopularity of the ‘sell out’ deputy prime minister in the three months since the general election.
Success of Haitian presidency dependant on White House approval
Regardless of how his actions might affect the Haitian nation or its people, the incoming Haitian president is unlikely to see out his term in office without it being violently hampered, or even terminated, unless he demonstrates a clear willingness to succumb to the political and financial demands of Washington and Wall Street.