Ed Miliband’s Labour party reforms
Ed Miliband’s reforms of the Labour Party, promised in the heated aftermath of the Falkirk scandal, are due to be rubber-stamped – but will they effectively curb the power of the unions?
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Ed Miliband’s reforms of the Labour Party, promised in the heated aftermath of the Falkirk scandal, are due to be rubber-stamped – but will they effectively curb the power of the unions?
Almost 50 days in to the “trial of the era”, here are five details we learned this week.
He was the fresh-faced politician on the block in 2010. But with the Rennard row showing no signs of easing, Nick Clegg looks weary and his party is in the doldrums. So what next for the Lib Dems?
Wartime hero and “father of modern computing” Alan Turing is given a posthumous royal pardon for a 61-year-old conviction for homosexual activity.
A green field in Northern Hertfordshire – a beautiful rural scene straight out of EM Forster? Or would it be made more beautiful by thousands of smiling happy families in shiny new homes?
People are beginning to question the judgement of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s icon of democracy, and an interview she gave about the Rohingya will add to those doubts.
135,117 – the next time you hear a politician, any politician, talk about the cost of living, think about this number. Why? Because it marks the lowest point in UK house-building in nearly 100 years.
Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre is staying silent over allegations that his paper smeared the Labour leader’s father. What do we know about Fleet Street’s most publicity-shy editor?
Ed Miliband’s new, vote-winning energy idea – the freezing of energy bills for two years – is not that new, Gary Gibbon finds – and the Tories don’t think it will be a significant vote winner either.
Do we know what last year’s “predistribution” buzzword means now? Ed Miliband’s new policies appear to show he is more pro-intervention than Blair or Brown. And In the hall, they loved it.
Twenty-five hours of free childcare funded by the state. Labour is promising to help working families beat the cost of living crisis – with a higher tax on banks to pay for it.
Labour’s shadow chancellor Ed Balls denies having anything to do with the “despicable” negative briefings of the party’s former spin doctor, Damian McBride, despite being close allies at the time.
The tasks facing the Labour Party in Brighton this week are huge. Ed Miliband has to restore his authority after a disastrous summer, in which the Conservatives have gradually whittled Labour’s once-strong lead down to almost nothing.
Ed Miliband distances himself from the “reprehensible” actions of Damian McBride, as he tries to prevent the former Labour spin doctor’s memoirs from over-shadowing his party’s conference.
If anyone was in any doubt that the sale of Lloyds and RBS shares was politically motivated, Monday’s move by the Treasury was the proof that was needed.