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Tory plans to increase number of disabled MPs is welcome news but will they deliver?

Sarah Ismail
15 January, 2010

The Conservatives plan a £1m fund to help disabled people become MPs; currently 20 per cent of British people are disabled – yet only 1 in 20 MPs are disabled.

Is Cameron the 13th Duke of Wybourne?

Will Straw
14 January, 2010

But after further manual brushing by Hackney graffiti artist, there is a distinct similarity between David Cameron and the 13th Duke of Wybourne.

No escape for Cameron on importance of poverty

Will Straw
12 January, 2010

Cameron’s “parenting warmth” speech is misleading. Research indicates the clear role played by poverty in determining both life chances and the quality of parenting.

Tory NHS aims downgraded as midwives praise Government on maternity care

Shamik Das
7 January, 2010

The Royal College of Midwives has praised the Government’s record on maternity care, saying it is hard to see how the proposed Tory NHS changes would happen.

Further Tory u-turn on marriage tax

Will Straw
6 January, 2010

The Conservatives have announced a u-turn on marriage tax. They now appear to discriminate against couples without children, including many civil partnerships.

Lib Dem blogs’ reaction to Brown and Cameron’s “love bombing” of Mr Clegg

Mark Thompson
6 January, 2010

Liberal Democrat bloggers are plesed with the attention they are receiving, not just from the other party leaders but the mainstream media as well.

Cameron U-Turn on Education Maintenance Allowances

James Mills
6 January, 2010

David Cameron has reversed the Conservatives position on Education Maintenance Allowances. His support is now at odds with Chris Grayling and Michael Gove.

Fresh headache for Cameron after “easy council” plans ruled illegal

Shamik Das
5 January, 2010

David Cameron will now have to decide whether or not to introduce legislation if he wins the election enabling councils to charge for services.

New decade; same message: the Tories’ manifesto for the NHS

Trevor Cheeseman
4 January, 2010

Cameron’s NHS vision embraces “decentralisation, accountability and transparency”. But it misunderstands inequality and says nothing about standards.

The best way to tackle health inequalities, Mr Cameron, is to tackle all inequality

Rupert Read
4 January, 2010

The reason why the Tory health policy will fail is that you cannot attack major societal inequalities like health inequality without attacking inequality itself

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