Healey signals Labour’s moves to put council housing at the heart of radical fourth term agenda
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Housing minister John Healey has just announced a “far reaching and radical new…
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Darling or Osborne for the economy? Budget views from the commentariat
By Alex Smith Perhaps understandably, Polly Toynbee’s opinion piece on the front page of this morning’s Guardian found…
Budget reaction – 8 in the morning, 25th March
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The “untheatrical sobriety was Darling’s day of vindication”, writes Polly Toynbee. *…
Workmanlike and risk-free: Darling’s centre ground budget
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Today’s budget was as expected: workmanlike and risk-free, with a very few sweeteners…
“This election will be won by people, not posters”: The Douglas Alexander interview
Douglas Alexander is secretary of state for international development, and Labour’ general election coordinator. He met Alex Smith…
The Budget – 8 in the morning, March 24th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Budget measures will seek to unlock private investment to boost jobs and…
Poll List: New polls show Labour as the biggest party in a hung parliament
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Two new polls tonight show Labour as potentially becoming the biggest party in…
Cameron falls apart in gay rights TV interview
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 David Cameron fell apart on TV tonight, in an interview about the Tories’…
Byers, Hoon, Hewitt suspended from PLP – 8 in the morning, March 23rd
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Stephen Byers, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have been suspended from the…
Join us on Wednesday for our joint live budget webchat
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After the success of our joint live webchat for the Pre-Budget Report last…
