SNP: a path to fiscal autonomy, but do the sums add up?
What Scots will do if the mandate contained in the SNP manifesto is first delivered then ignored will determine whether the UK survives as a political entity.
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The IFS has scathing words for all the biggest parties as it accuses them of not being straight with voters over spending plans.
What Scots will do if the mandate contained in the SNP manifesto is first delivered then ignored will determine whether the UK survives as a political entity.
Foreign ministers from across Europe hold talks aimed at tackling the migrant crisis after a week in which more than a thousand people perished in the Mediterranean.
As the European Union prepares to unveil its agenda to tackle the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, Channel 4 News learns that plans are being made to unify efforts between member states.
Ukip say their manifesto is fully costed and the numbers have been checked by independent economists. Sounds good. Is it true?
Nick Clegg began his manifesto launch with attacks on Ukip and the SNP. Only the Lib Dems could be trusted as a coalition partner, he said.
Ukip says rescuing migrants off Europe “may actually be making matters worse”, while the Tories want to “dissuade migrants from making these perilous and illegal journeys in the first place”.
Apart from a pledge to fight dementia, most of the health measures had already been trailed. But then, the 2010 manifesto only hinted at the size of the NHS reorganisation that followed.
The UNHCR says that at least 500 migrants have died in the Mediterranean so far in 2015 – 30 times higher than in the same period last year. Channel 4 News asks if European policy is to blame.
Labour claim to have the only fully-costed election manifesto. But do the numbers add up?
Both main English parties pretend incessantly that our Trident missile system is an “independent” nuclear deterrent when it never was, is, or could be and both Cameron and Miliband know this well.
Labour’s election manifesto commits to inflation-linked tax credits and a media sector in which no one owner enjoys undue influence.
Negotiations over a new bailout for Greece are approaching a critical stage. And if the country runs out of cash, it might just feel like the end of the world for many Greeks.
Foreign policy: two words that have so far played very little part in the run-up to the general election. What would the parties do?
So how did they do? YouGov name SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon as the winner of the Leaders’ Debate and say David Cameron came out better than Ed Miliband.