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 ‘Labour members back assisted dying bill, Parliament must now ensure it passes’ For me and my fellow MPs, assisted dying is one of the most difficult issues we will ever… Lizzi Collinge MP 6th May, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Let’s take every opportunity to tell our powerful Labour story’ Tomorrow is polling day. The thing I love most about my job is being on the road every… Anna Turley MP 6th May, 2026, 6:00 am Analysis ‘Will ‘bellwether’ Stevenage sound an alarm for Labour?’ The constituency of Stevenage has been a bellwether since its creation in 1983, quietly blazing a trail for… Tom Belger 6th May, 2026, 6:00 am
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