Cameron is abdicating his responsibility on international development
Labour Campaign for International Development chair David Taylor writes about how Cameron and Clegg are failing to take the lead on fighting international poverty.
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Cameron ditches “Vote blue go green” and tells BP: ‘Drill, baby, drill!’
David Cameron drilled a further nail in the coffin of the ‘greenest government ever’ myth, with his support for BP’s North Sea oil drilling plans, reports Joss Garman.
As energy company buckles, Miliband needs to pick more battles
Ed Miliband’s success on reforming the energy sector shows a new high-risk, high-reward strategy for him: fighting the entrenched interests others won’t touch.
Commons to vote today on Labour’s five-point plan for jobs
While the Lords votes on the NHS reforms, Labour will use an Opposition Day Debate in the Commons to debate the economy, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
How poor children will get poorer on Cameron’s watch
Sam Royston of The Children’s Society explains how the coalition is on course to reverse all progress on reducing child poverty since 2000.
Cameron recognises the eurozone problem – but too late for Dexia
Alex Hern reports on the David Cameron’s interview in this morning’s Financial Times, and the FT’s policy prescriptions for the eurozone.
Weak Cameron will struggle to fire Fox
Liam Fox is a threat to David Cameron, vulnerable, damaging to his government and bringing politics into disrepute – but the PM may be too weak to get rid of him.
Cameron’s central argument on debt is wrong; Labour needs to find a way to say so
Speechwriting expert Asher Dresner reviews David Cameron’s Tory conference speech yesterday, focusing on his central argument about the debt, and why he is wrong.
Cameron’s speech churns out the old Tory myths
Cameron’s speech turned out to be a trotting out of well-worn Tory tropes on spending, deregulation, family values, NHS reform, disability benefit reform and so much else. But there’s a lot of spin obscuring the truth.
Cameron’s Speech: Reaction and Response
This piece presents a round-up of press and others’ reaction to David Cameron’s speech at the Tory Conference today.