Disquiet on the Coalition front: Tory ministers speak out against Clegg and his views on free schools “Tory planning minister Nick Boles, suggested Mr Clegg was a hypocrite because he did not want state schools to have the same freedoms enjoyed by his private alma mater, Westminster School. … Education minister Liz Truss yesterday said […]
Yellow B**tards 1) Clegg to attack Gove over free school and academy use of unqualified teachers “Free schools and academies must employ qualified teachers, Nick Clegg will demand this week, in the first break with the Conservatives on education policy under the coalition government. The Deputy Prime Minister will deliver a hard-hitting speech that will […]
Osborne says Britain must do better “Britain has lost its sense of ambition and optimism and has allowed “the bits that were great” to wither, George Osborne has said as he called on the country to “up our game”. The Chancellor said Britain had become “defeatist” and had to improve in the face of the […]
Hunt: Respect your elders and end the rise in loneliness… “Britain should be ashamed of the way it treats grandparents, Jeremy Hunt will say today. The Health Secretary will warn a million elderly are left forgotten and isolated because friends and relatives fail to visit them. Citing the example of Asian nations, he will say […]
Cameron in PMQs 1) He reckons Mitchell deserves an apology “The row over the Plebgate affair has escalated after the Independent Police Complaints Commission indicated that three forces had watered down the conclusions of an investigation into a meeting between the Police Federation and Andrew Mitchell last year.” – The Guardian “The Prime Minister told […]
May calls on the police to apologise to Mitchell after IPCC judgement… “Theresa May last night called on a chief constable to apologise after an explosive report suggested senior officers had lied to blacken the name of former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. … In a devastating judgment, the Independent Police Complaints Commission indicated an inquiry […]
Green taxes row rolls on and on as Clegg claims scrapping green taxes would raise energy bills “David Cameron, the Prime Minister, is considering relaxing green taxes in an attempt to relieve the “squeeze” on families struggling with the rising cost of living. A series of announcements on water bills and financial services is expected […]
Lib Dem Ministers fight to keep green taxes – and energy bills – high “Fuel prices will continue to soar, the Energy Secretary said yesterday – as he ruled out moves to cut punishing green taxes. Ed Davey said there was no respite in sight for hard-pressed families struggling to pay their fuel bills, adding: […]
Coalition 1): Lib Dems block cuts in green levies “Until four days ago, the Tory leadership was confident they could counter Miliband’s energy price freeze announcement by scrapping some of the green levies he had introduced as Energy Secretary. But I can reveal that at a meeting of the Quad – the Coalition’s senior decision-making […]
The three main parties agree a Royal Charter for press regulation – but will the press comply? “The three main parties finally agreed the detail of a royal charter setting up a system of newspaper regulation in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry. … But the newspaper industry last night warned there were major problems […]
City investors get two thirds of the Royal Mail shares. Smaller investors get the rest. Which means that half a million people could miss out… “More than half a million ordinary Brits could miss out on a small fortune after a huge stampede to snap up Royal Mail shares by City fatcats. More than 500million […]
Good news 1: Cuts haven’t harmed services, finds BBC poll (which they fail to publicise) “A majority of voters say the quality of public services has been maintained or improved – despite government cuts. A survey commissioned by the BBC showed that most voters believe schools, bus services, parks, libraries and bin collections have improved in […]
After the reshuffle, more good news for Osborne: the IMF doubles its growth forecast “In a huge boost for the Government, the IMF said UK output will increase by 1.4 per cent this year – twice the rate predicted in April when it warned Chancellor George Osborne was ‘playing with fire’ by pressing ahead with […]
Reshuffle 1) The Tories: Osborne’s supporters a step closer to the Cabinet “George Osborne strengthened his power base yesterday as a string of key allies took one step closer to the Cabinet. Six of the Chancellor’s protégés were promoted in a ministerial reshuffle that will help to broaden his reach across Government…The biggest rising star of the […]
Cameron and other Tory MPs move to crush Afriyie’s EU amendement “David Cameron moved last night to crush a bid to hold a referendum on British membership of the EU next year as the Tories were pitched into fresh turmoil on Europe. … Senior Tories accused Mr Afriyie of seeking to ‘destabilise’ the Prime Minister ‘at […]