A crackdown on immigration and on benefits abuse? The Tory leadership ought to be careful…
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Take a run through this morning’s papers, and you’ll clatter into this story in the… Read more »
Labour lead down to 5% in new ComRes poll
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter There is a new ComRes poll out for the Independent on Sunday and the Sunday… Read more »
Lib Dems attack Maria Hutchings over her child’s schooling
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The Mirror thinks it has a gafffe from the Conservative candidate in the Eastlegh byelection… Read more »
Eastleigh could give some early clues to tactical voting in the 2015 General Election
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The Labour Party only got 9.6% of the vote in the Eastleigh constituency at the… Read more »
Britain rises to top of KPMG’s 2012 Tax Competitiveness Survey
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Some good news for George Osborne this morning. KPMG has completed its annual survey… Read more »
John Major backs in/out referendum – as strange outbreak on Tory unity on Europe continues
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter There was an interesting speech given by Sir John Major yesterday, concerning the European Union…. Read more »
Grayling’s new plan for young offenders: “We cannot go on just doing more of the same”
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The vast majority of 15-17 year olds in Young Offender Institutions have at some… Read more »
Beware of a BBC Fleet Street
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Everyone agrees that politicians shouldn't control the press – even politicians, in public at… Read more »
Cameron and Miliband tussle over living standards – not for the first time, and certainly not for the last
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter If you were hoping for something new from today’s PMQs exchange between David Cameron and… Read more »
When will we see a Danny Boyle-style pageant showing nurses mistreating their patients?
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. A recent British Future poll found that the three institutions which make people most… Read more »
The draft Royal Charter on press regulation, unveiled
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter So here it is: the draft Royal Charter by which David Cameron hopes to avoid… Read more »
George Osborne is becoming a locus for Tory discontent – the party leadership should be wary
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter One of the most important leitmotifs of this Parliament has been the shift in attitudes… Read more »
David Cameron’s good press – on the continent
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter FRANCE: "Cameron and Merkel put the EU on a diet" – Le Figaro. "The British… Read more »
The Conservatives should not increase Inheritance Tax
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The Government is proposing a cap of £75,000 on the amount the elderly pay for… Read more »
Tories and Lib Dems agree on capping costs of long-term care. No elderly person will have to sell their homes in order to meet care bills.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter "From April this year, no one will have to sell their home to fund… Read more »