16th March, 2010, 8:19 am Cabinet contenders: departmental debates confirmed – 8 in the morning, March 16th Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Peter Mandelson will debate Ken Clarke on business, and other cabinet ministers will also discuss policy on live TV debates with Andrew Neil in the weeks before the election. * The number of ministers should be cut by a third, reports parliament’s public administration committee. * The European Commission has warned that the UK is not on course to cut its deficit in line with EU rules by a deadline of 2015. * Last minute talks between Unite and BA are unlikely to have led to the strike being called off. * Ladbroke’s outgoing boss has tipped Labour to have most seats in parliament after the general election. * “Politician, scholar, football fan, reader, writer, storyteller, husband, stepfather and loyal friend”: Michael foot is laid to rest in London. * Liberal Conspiracy says the “splintering of Stoke’s working class eventually found expression in its politics” and reports on Labour’s collapse there. * The Guardian asks: Why isn’t every company like John Lewis? 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 ‘Patriotism and nation-building must be at the heart of Labour’s values story’ In his resignation speech, Wes Streeting invoked ‘a confident British patriotism, decent, fair-minded, internationalist, bound together in common… John Denham 25th May, 2026, 10:31 am Comment A reformed House of Lords can save the Union’ In December 2022, the BBC reported that House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, despite being himself a… Mark Corner 25th May, 2026, 6:00 am Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor – week ending 24 May 2026 Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your… LabourList Staff 24th May, 2026, 4:00 pm
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