Wales Vote 2011: Devolved elections campaign round-up
Ed Jacobs gives a round-up of the key issues, policies and dividing lines between the parties and their leaders in the forthcoming Welsh elections.
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Why won’t Cameron come clean on NHS cuts?
David Cameron’s PMQ’s comments on the NHS are typical of the government’s level of denial over the NHS cuts and falling standards, reports Dominic Browne.
Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs
Dan Whittle investigates the exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs, finding around a quarter of are declared members of London’s Gentlemen’s clubs; in it together?!
Obama helps re-frame the deficit debate
The Fabian Society’s Natan Doron calls for some much needed sense and perspective over the deficit debate in the light of President Obama’s alternative reduction plans for the US.
Cameron’s ESOL cuts will make integration harder
The government’s cuts to English for Second Language classes make a mockery of the David Cameron’s call for immigrants to integrate more in his immigration speech.
Election 2011: Plaid Cymru outline vision for Wales
Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru candidate in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and the party’s Director of Policy, sets out Plaid’s vision for Wales as the launch their 2011 Assembly elections manifesto.
We’ve had the march, but what’s the alternative?
A cohesive civil society alternative to the coalition’s cuts programme is required now more than ever after the mass demonstration on March 26th, according to the New Political Economy Network.
How long can the NHS go on like this, Mr Cameron?
David Cameron campaigned on a personal commitment to the NHS, however the coalition government is not living up to its promises to protect its budget.
Tory minister: We’re making cuts Thatcher “could only have dreamt of”
Climate change minister Greg Barker has said the government is making cuts that “Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s could only have dreamt of”.
Coalition cuts spending; families cut food, healthcare, kids clothing…
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis reports on new research revealing families are cutting back on food, healthcare and kids clothes due to government cuts.