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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Over the next few months - ahead of a special general meeting in February - centre-left group Compass will be debating whether or not they should admit non-Labour members. This is a highly contentious…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft Fact-check for Nicky Campbell, based on Fraser Nelson's Coffee House blog of Campbell's radio interview with Ed Miliband. "NC: Are you a socialist? EM: Yeah, I am a socialist. NC: Oh my goodness! We haven't…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Dr Clare Gerada, the new leader of Britain's GPs, has warned that the NHS will not survive Andrew Lansley's plans for the health service. Gerada, who takes over tomorrow as chair of the Royal College of…
By Thomas Williams / @thomaswilliams According to the Conservatives, Labour has received a 21% increase in short money since May, and one Tory MP has written to Ed Miliband calling on him to forfeit this. At first glance, the figures might…
With frontline jobs at risk, it's important to remind Cameron what he said just days before the general election...
By Richard Stevens A BBC survey of English local authorities revealed the fear of many councils that spending cuts will hit care services which help elderly and vulnerable adults live at home. Worrying the results may have been, but the…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft The boards outside the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue advertise the Michael Jackson tribute musical 'Thriller Live' but the king of pop was displaced for one night only as the Labour tribe gathered last…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk A new poll for ComRes has Labour leading for the first time since the "Brown Bounce" of 2007, and reverses a Tory lead of 6% in the previous ComRes poll just two weeks ago - suggesting that the raft of…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today the shadow cabinet have changed tack - moving the focus away from unfairness, and towards incompetence as the major criticism of the government. Speaking to BBC News this morning, Alan Johnson…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk After Boris Johnson spoke of "Kosovo-style social cleansing" in a discussion about housing benefits on the BBC this morning, he now appears to ahve attempted a swift and sharp u-turn, coming out in full…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * What's the fuss? You'll see, says Polly Toynbee. * Teachers will be forced to work "longer for less". * NHS gets "bare minimum" funding rise. * Universities set to close as funding is slashed by 40%. *…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Despite maintaining a relatively low profile since he was selected as Labour's London mayoral candidate back in September, Ken Livingstone is only just behind Boris Johnson in the race to be London's next…
