How the deficit is to be reduced matters far, far more than how it is calculated.
What greeted me when I accessed his Channel 4 documentary on How the Rich get Richer.
New data suggests that 95 per cent of Americans are better off than their British equivalents. That is unlikely to prompt the response it should.
The Culture Secretary has taken a strong line on press freedom. Is this a shift in stance from the Prime Minister, or submission to the exigencies of 2015?
The long-term effects of Osborne’s slash-and-burn approach to welfare are less certain than IDS’s more considered approach.
Cameron will have to campaign for a Tory majority, and that will mean distinguishing his party from the Lib Dems as well as from Labour.
No wonder Tory backbenchers have nicknamed this disreputable ploy Help to Vote.
An excellent and timely post from Fraser Nelson on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog. His subject is the pressure on young people to get into university at any cost: "…in the 22 years since I left school, the government has added to the pressure. It has made a switch from providing university education to actually […]
Labour councils use them. So do Labour MPs. They aren’t perfect, but they have a place in the economy.