Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary, has written to the BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, warning it will run a “serious risk” of a legal challenge if it allows Nick Griffin to participate. The media regulator, Ofcom, confirmed that the BBCtest
Alex Salmond has delivered his keynote address to the Scottish National Party’s annual conference in Inverness, the last before the election. Salmond provided a long list of what his government has supposedly achieved, showing few signs of humility over recent controversies.
Essex County Council have revised their budget and aim to make savings of £300 million by 2010. Meanwhile, Conservatives in Lancashire are cutting education positions in a budget cutting drive.
Reaction to David Cameron’s speech dominates the papers. Both Jonathan Freedland and Steve Richards ask the same question: How? “How exactly does a shrunken state create “a country where the poorest children go to the best schools”? Martin Kettle seestest
Please find below passages from David Cameron’s speech and our commentary. We will be updating this throughout the afternoon so please check back later. “There will have to be cutbacks in public spending” But what about tax rises? The publictest
Michael Gove has spent a long time over the past few years brandishing his credentials as a zealous reformer, committed to freeing up schools and finally breaking the link between background and achievement. In these terms, his speech yesterday attest
The papers are anticipating an “optimistic” speech from David Cameron following the “austerity” message from George Osborne. There are few details but the Telegraph believe it will be about confronting Britain’s “culture of irresponsibility” while everyone suggests he will mimictest
The TaxPayers’ Alliance have responded to Left Foot Forward’s post on Friday about the TPA and Institute of Directors’ proposals to make £50 billion in public spending savings. In defence of their proposals to save £1.46 billion by cutting Sure Start, TPA make three arguments. Left Foot Forward responds to each in turn.
Widely publicised proposals by the Institute of Directors and TaxPayers’ Alliance to “save £50 billion a year of public spending” came under attack today from a range of sources. The findings undermine comments by Miles Templeman, Director General of thetest
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