January 2010
“Shallow” Cameron an “utter joke” on Lords reform
David Cameron is "shallow" and "an utter joke", say campaigners after the Tories last night said there was "no justification" for abolishing hereditary peers.
Wales has the worst child poverty in the UK
Research has found that Wales has the highest proportion of children in poverty in the UK, with 15% of children living in a home making less than £12,220 a year
Why has The Times got the knives out on DfID?
Following The Times's coverage of the International Policy Network's allegations against DfID's funding of the TUC they once again fuel the aid sceptics' fire.
Ken Clarke backtracks on VAT
On Channel 4 News last night, Ken Clarke categorically denied that he had ever called for a VAT cut. In fact, he repeatedly called for a cut in November 2008.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, January 27th
The Northern Ireland talks, the inequality gap, the crawl out of recession, the Iraq Inquiry and the Lancaster House conference on Afghanistan.
The London Conference on Afghanistan must ask whether Karzai is up to scratch
The London conference on Afghanistan this week may be too soon to answer how fit to govern Hamid Karzai is, but it is surely not too early to ask it.