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Huhne unveils vision of a low carbon future
Energy secretary Chris Huhne today outlined a new plan that could ensure long term energy requirements are fulfilled in the UK in a more sustainable way.
Tuition fees backlash gains momentum on the right
UKIP's Gawain Towler talks exclusively to Left Foot Forward about his party's position on tuition fees.
Welsh voters against cut in number of Welsh MPs
Most Welsh voters do not believe that the number of Welsh MPs should be reduced as outlined in the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill currently being considered by the House of Lords.
The coalition’s sublime deceit in seeking to avoid blame for council cuts
This morning, Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers' Alliance, writing on the ConservativeHome website, accused the Labour leader of Lambeth council of "frightening people" about cuts to essential services; here, Steve Reed responds to these criticisms, and explains just who is to blame for the cuts.
Don’t bank on reform
Much like the royal wedding announcement was a fantastic opportunity to bury any unpopular government decisions, the crisis in Ireland is working a wonder to obscure the fact that the coalition government is kicking legislation on disclosing bankers’ pay firmly into the long grass. Today it was finally made clear that despite internal disagreement on the issue the coalition would not be pursuing legislation to reveal the current level of bankers bonuses.
World finally wakes up to coalition’s assault on school sport
Fully one month after the scale of the government's cuts to school sport were unveiled, politicians, journalists and sports stars have at long last been stirred into fighting back, the realisation of the horror about to be unleashed finally dawning. As Left Foot Forward reported in October, the Department for Education is scrapping the £162 million PE and Sports Strategy - a strategy which has been proven to work, significantly raising participation in competitive sport.