There’s only one way to escape the endless, pointless battle over political donors
Campaigning costs money. Taxpayer-funding of political parties would be a disaster. So there’s only one solution – and it isn’t quick or easy.
Who is winning the social media war in the target seats?
Some Conservative candidates in target seats have added no new content to their websites since last year.
Those on sickness benefit should accept treatment
The leading addiction expert Dr Robert Lefever says the Government’s proposal is right.
Fixing Whitehall: The growing consensus about what should happen next
All of the three main parties have frustrations with government. Nick Herbert’s GovernUp is there to help.
Ukraine, Putin – and why Cameron should now commit to NATO’s defence spending target
The crisis wasn’t on the agenda at Cabinet this week. Some Conservative Cabinet Ministers now want a pledge to hit the two per cent goal. They are right.
Yes, let’s have Right to Buy 2. But like Universal Credit, it needs small steps – not a big bang
New measures to extend home ownership need to march in line with new ways of building more houses.
Out of date? Inaccurate? Or a sign of limited ambition? What does the “non-target” seats list really mean?
Looking at the list in more detail raises more questions about its veracity, and what if any light it sheds on the Conservative strategy.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron and Miliband find themselves stuck in an abusive relationship
But Sir Peter Tapsell showed, by warning about Greece and Russia, that it is possible to rise above parochial concerns.
The business case
A lesson of Miliband’s assault on businesses is that they can no longer rely on others to communicate the benefits of what they do to voters.
A CCHQ cock-up leaks the names of 101 “non-target” seats
It’s a mistake which is unlikely to improve relations between candidates and the centre.
The price of accountability in healthcare
The growing cost of malpractice litigation demonstrates the tension between NHS finances and the rights of patients.
The odds on Grexit shorten
Syriza wants an end to austerity and continued Euro membership. Can they do both? For that matter, can they do either?
The Government is right to tie mayors to more powers
Public engagement with local democracy is in long-term decline: powers must be matched by reforms to re-connect with voters.
The Conservatives are winning the campaign. But Labour is leading the polls.
Are voters not engaged with the coming election yet? Or are too many estranged from the Party – and what they believe are its values?
The dangers of an early EU referendum
The Sunday Times reports that No.10 is considering a date in 2016. What does that say about a Prime Minister who, apparently, wants to keep us in?