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 News Paul Nowak column: ‘Let celebrate this historic step on child poverty – and follow it with work and childcare reforms’ Amid the storm of post-budget fallout and blame games, it’s important not to lose sight of the huge… Paul Nowak 4th December, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘School readiness is rising – but so is the gap between poorer kids and their peers’ This government has made opportunity and social mobility a major focus, aiming to “break down barriers to opportunity”… Rebecca Montacute 4th December, 2025, 6:00 am News 2026 mayoral elections to be postponed for two years – reports Four inaugural mayoral elections that had been due to take place next May are set to be postponed… Daniel Green 3rd December, 2025, 11:37 pm
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