Scotland second debate: Lib Dem to SNP – don’t break promises
Jim Murphy was much more on his best form than yesterday at the second Scottish leaders’ debate, taking on Nicola Sturgeon on the issue of “full fiscal autonomy.”
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Jim Murphy was much more on his best form than yesterday at the second Scottish leaders’ debate, taking on Nicola Sturgeon on the issue of “full fiscal autonomy.”
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Doing away with perks for non-doms might play well on the doorstep, but it is very hard to quantify the economic impact of Labour’s latest policy pledge.
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David Cameron and Ed Miliband make their big pitch to the nation tonight. Don’t want to get taken in by the spin? Read this first.
Ed Miliband made a big pitch to voters today in a speech to the Labour faithful in Clydebank. Some opinion polls are suggesting the party could face a landslide defeat by the SNP north of the border, but Mr Miliband spent more time talking about the Conservatives than the threat from the nationalists. Not that…
George Osborne unveils a new raft of powers for prosecutors and tax authorities to clamp down on wealthy people who use offshore accounts to evade or avoid tax.
We’ve already looked at the pre-election promises David Cameron made but failed to deliver after becoming Prime Minister. Now it’s Labour’s turn.
What David Cameron said would happen before the last election – and what really happened.
Tonight, as I write, the quad is meeting to try to sign off on the coalition’s last budget.
Even sceptics acknowledge that reaction they’ve seen among young voters to the tuition fee reduction announcement is stunning.
Ed Miliband sets out how a Labour government would honour its pledge to cut university tuition fees to £6,000 a year, saying an “entire generation” has been betrayed.
Young people out of work, education or training for more than six months could be made to do unpaid community work to get their benefits, Prime Minister David Cameron says.