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 Comment ‘How Burnham’s devolution revolution can deliver for North Wales’ The North Star leads the way; it certainly has over the past two weeks and looks like it… Andrew Ranger MP 4th July, 2026, 12:00 pm Comment ‘A century of keeping Labour true to working people – and the work continues’ This week, we celebrated 100 years of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs. From its inception in… Ian Lavery MP 4th July, 2026, 10:00 am Interview What are Labour’s newest MPs proudest of two years into government? As Labour marks two years in government, its newest MPs are beginning to build their own records in… Daniel Green & James Tibbitts 4th July, 2026, 6:00 am
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