5th March, 2010, 8:52 am Brown to face the Chilcot Inquiry today – 8 in the morning, March 5th Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Gordon Brown is set to face the Chilcot Inquiry today, and will be questioned over cuts to the defence budget during the war. * The Tory lead has been cut to 2% in seats Labour won by 6-14% in 2005. * Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev is now also the owner of the Independent. * New school diplomas are too easy for the brightest children, Ofqual warns. * A Met Office review shows that evidence for man-mdae climate change is stronger now than it was in 2007. * Lord Ashcroft is accused of “exploiting his offshore status to avoid paying VAT on opinion polls he commissioned for the Conservatives”. * MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of new reforms to reduce the authority of whips and give more power to backbenchers under a new committee. * Progress have launched a new campaign – “David versus Goliath” – to raise money by small donations “to counter the Ashcroft millions”. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Columnist ‘Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere’ Welcome to our new weekly guide to how Labour Councils up and down the country are helping to… Paul Dimoldenberg 9th June, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Labour must take up the challenge on endometriosis’ “I believe this country has, for far too long, faced not only a problem of everyday sexism but… Anya Sizer 9th June, 2026, 6:00 am News Over 140 Labour MPs call for trade ban on illegal Israeli settlements More than 140 Labour MPs have called on the government to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in… Daniel Green 8th June, 2026, 1:42 pm
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