Pickles branded a hypocrite after attacking council cuts
Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has criticised Birmingham City Council after they announced…
Foreign Office found to be running embassies with unpaid interns
The Foreign Office has been using hundreds of unpaid and low-paid interns in overseas UK embassies over the…
Will Labour commit to spending 2% of GDP on defence?
Labour activists don’t knock doors on a Saturday morning to argue for more money for bombs. No party…
Labour’s apprenticeship guarantee is a clear move forward – but what about low pay?
This week Labour are continuing to walk down the path on which they first tread last week: they’re…
Labour’s industrial policy shows they get how to transform the economy
It was great to see Ed Miliband outline Labour’s industrial policy yesterday and put it at the heart…
Nigel Farage thinks the Northern Ireland peace process was “utterly loathsome”
A video has emerged of UKIP leader Nigel Farage describing the Northern Ireland peace process as “utterly and…
ICM shows swing to Tories, but Labour get first lead this year with Ashcroft
The latest ICM poll for the Guardian will make tough reading for Labour, with the Tories taking a four…
Only the rich benefit from Tory policy
The recent revelations about the Tories’ latest fundraising activity could genuinely have come straight from a political satire…
Weekly Survey: Education funding, women’s campaign, and the General Election
Last week, Labour launched a campaign to appeal to women voters, called ‘Woman to Woman’, which Maya…
“I probably shouldn’t be advocating this on television”: the George Osborne TV appearance he probably regrets
A short clip of a George Osborne appearance on the Daily Politics has been making the rounds on…
