David Miliband: Let’s have a televised leadership debate
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter David Miliband has called for a television debate between all candidates for the…
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David Laws’ resignation: The responses
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter David Laws, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has resigned after The Daily Telegraph…
Labour’s leadership frontrunners should no longer seek nominations
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Sunder Katwala, has posted a letter from…
Alastair Campbell publishes extract from his uncut diaries
Today’s Guardian provides an extract from Alastair Campbell’s uncut diaries, said to be “frank, open [and] revealing”. The…
Yvette Cooper: why I decided not join Labour’s leadership race
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In an article in today’s Guardian Yvette Cooper defends her decision not to…
Are the Liberal Democrat top brass forgetting their roots?
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In Harriet Harman’s response to the Queen’s Speech she quipped at the Clegg-Cameron…
Ed Miliband campaigns for a ‘Living Wage’
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In a talk at the LSE today Ed Miliband outlined his plans for…
New poll reveals unpopularity of ‘free schools’ policy
A poll conducted by Politics Home into public opinion of twenty two key measures from the Queen’s Speech…
Diane Abbott: If not me, who? And if not now, then when?
by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter Diane Abbott has written an article in today’s Daily Mirror in which she…
300,000 public sector jobs hang in the balance
By Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter Research conducted by The Times predicts at least 300,000 Whitehall and other public…
