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In the flurry of benefit-bashing and blows to the welfare state unleashed by the Tory-led Government over the past few days, Cameron and Osborne may have hoped that their threats to lower the minimum wage might slip under the radar…
It’s been a heady couple of weeks for Labour members and supporters. Our party is riding higher in the polls than it has in years. The Conservatives have been tearing themselves apart over Europe and Lords reform, while Nick Clegg’s…
Cameron's much-trailed speech earlier this week floated the idea of removing housing benefit from people under 25, in a fairly flagrant attempt to distract the media's attention from senior Tory donors embroiled in 'immoral' tax avoidance…
EDIT: The Government has announced a draft bill on social care reform in the Queen's Speech, but there will not be a full Bill in the 2013-14 session. Today's Queen's Speech is likely to include a mention of social care reform in amongst…
On Thursday, Brian Paddick's campaign team tweeted a (now deleted) comment about Ken Livingstone being "old" and "past it", before pressure from myself and many others forced them to retract it. Coupled with the Lib Dems' "Boris and Ken are…
Jemima Khan’s interview with Boris Johnson for this week’s New Statesman is subtly devastating. The incumbent Tory Mayor is evasive, tetchy and unable to convey basic facts. But buried in that interview is an attack on Irish Londoners that…
By Christine Quigley / @c_quigley The Guardian has reported on the Tory-led government's new plans to win back women voters, from front-loading child benefit to banning advertising to under-16s. It's not before time; as Yvette Cooper and…
By Christine Quigley / @c_quigley Abolishing maternity leave and consumer protection legislation, dropping universal free bus passes and Winter Fuel Payments. Four proposals that would be anathema to many Labour members, supporters and…
By Christine Quigley / @c_quigley Ed Balls' first big speech as shadow chancellor on the economy last week ticked a lot of crucial policy boxes. Emphasising that cuts are ideological, rather than purely practical, calling Osborne out on a…
By Christine Quigley With ballot boxes open and counting firmly underway in Ireland's 43 constituencies, one thing looks certain: Ireland's next Taoiseach will be Fine Gael's Enda Kenny. We won't see all the results until later in the day…
By Christine Quigley Michael Gove, the coalition's secretary of state for Education, holds a degree in English from Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Thousands of young people and their families around the country who are…
By Christine Quigley / @c_quigley This morning saw the centre-right coalition in Sweden cling on to power in yesterday's elections; the first non-socialist government to win a second term in the country. The real story for many of us though…
