Ed Miliband, Europe and chaos
Less than a year ago, some report that Ed Miliband was ready to press the button and sign up to an in/out referendum. He was pulled back by Douglas Alexander.
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Sir David Higgins, the boss of the HS2 high-speed rail project, proposes a speeding up of the building of the northern, phase two, section of the £50bn project, which is currently set to open in 2033.
Less than a year ago, some report that Ed Miliband was ready to press the button and sign up to an in/out referendum. He was pulled back by Douglas Alexander.
Environmental experts say the damage caused by the recent flooding could have been prevented if the correct water management techniques had been used.
Tonight Ed Miliband will make a speech arguing that the Blairite push for competition, the big market approach continued by the coalition, has reached the end of its productive life.
Last night saw a final change to Labour’s one member, one vote plans, with the threshold for MPs’ nominations required before a candidate can go forward raised from 12.5 per cent.
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?
Ed Balls says he welcomes GDP figures showing economic growth but maintains the cost of living crisis continues – George Osborne hits back, saying Labour have been wrong on the economy throughout.
Piers Morgan has not stopped chirping about England’s Ashes campaign. On Thursday the former Mirror editor met former Australian quick bowler Brett Lee to face just six balls. Here’s what happened.
Ed Miliband defends his dealings with the Co-op Bank and its disgraced former chairman Paul Flowers, as new allegations emerge that Mr Flowers claimed £75,000 false expenses from a charity.
If you are stuck in a warzone like Syria and have the means, luck and courage to get out, then Sweden is not only the polar opposite to the country you’re running from – it is also the country most likely to welcome you.
The weather chaos on roads and rail today is as nothing, the government is warning, to the travel network armageddon that threatens if HS2 is not built.
Labour’s Ed Balls says Musharaf Asghar, whose battle against stammering was featured on TV show Educating Yorkshire, “will give confidence to stammerers, children and adults, across the country.”
David Cameron proposes rewarding marriage with a tax cut – worth £200 a year to four million couples. But it won’t go to everyone. Who gets the £3.85 a week marriage bonus?
Parents welcome the pledge by Ed Balls for more state funded childcare – but can Labour also pass the ‘economic credibility test’?
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.