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Larry the cat is No 10's greatest asset
by James Clayton / 15 Nov 2011 09:48
This year the PM’s nomination for ‘employee of the year’ is a simple one.
Well, it would be if Larry the cat was eligible for nomination. Unfortunately however for Larry, he is of course not employed by Cameron. In fact his upkeep is entirely paid for by cash raised in a fundraiser. But with Larry’s recent media contributions he is in an ideal position to renegotiate this relationship.
Larry the cat has
A bumpy road to the autumn statement
by Caroline Crampton / 14 Nov 2011 09:31
It's just over a week until George Osborne will get up in the Commons to deliver his autumn statement. It's being widely put about that it's going to be a 'plan for growth' first and foremost, and will likely contain further measures like credit easing and employment law review aimed at getting businesses going again.
Government and Treasury spinners have got a tough task ahead of them this week in trying to keep
Why do our MPs think they know best?
by Francesca Preece / 09 Nov 2011 15:28
E-petitions have hit the headlines lately; first, the EU referendum, then rioters losing their benefits and soon to take to the ring, a proposal to stop the UK hitting the 70 million mark.
With MPs often too consumed with their own agendas or obediently following their lord and master to benefit their personal ambitions, the public feel they aren’t being listened to. And if the EU referendum petition is anything to go by,
PMQs: the story gets lost in details
by Ben Duckworth / 09 Nov 2011 13:09
Ed Miliband usually likes to go for a detailed question at Prime Minister’s Questions. Something that will fox the prime minister and make him look like he is not on top of things. Today, the Labour leader went for broad brush in his six questions, all of which were on immigration. It did not come off as well as he hoped.
We’ve previously seen David Cameron transmogrify into Gordon Brown to berate Labour
G20 summit: how will they play the game?
by Holly Smith / 03 Nov 2011 13:42
It’s a pretty safe bet that all of President Obama’s days are busy; he is president after all. Today, however he will feel the media spotlight intensify to epic proportions as he shuttles from meeting to meeting, with Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, and the L20, all in the midst of the G20 summit.
If you’re the gambling type, and betting on global summits is what you like to do, there’s another
PMQs: The Greece-shaped elephant in the room
by Caroline Crampton / 02 Nov 2011 12:28
In an effort to solve his ‘woman problem’, David Cameron has told Grazia magazine that he felt that PMQs was “the most unpleasant-looking thing” he has to do in a week and that he disliked the macho, aggressive tone it required him to adopt.
That didn’t seem to hold him back today. We saw David Cameron in all his Flashman-inspired glory as he sparred with Ed Miliband over yesterday’s growth figures. At
The Lib Dems should become the guardians of workers' rights
by Caroline Crampton / 27 Oct 2011 11:21
At the beginning of this month, George Osborne took to the stage at Conservative Party conference and announced, among other things, that the qualification period for an employee to bring an unfair dismissal case will be doubled to two years in an effort to “boost growth”.
As I argued at the time, I’m concerned that this policy erodes workers’ rights in exchange for little tangible benefit to the economy – it’s projected
PMQs: the EU debate becomes a mug's game
by Amber Elliott / 26 Oct 2011 13:25
This week, a long lense picked up on the fact that David Cameron appears to be going grey.
The newspaper that ran the photos suggested the prime minister was "likely to be feeling the stresses of government" after fraught negotiations on the EU referendum.
No time for Just for Men when you are trying to cover up your party's bald spot on Europe, perhaps?
Ed Miliband decided to capitalise on
Which EU rebels are worried about deselection?
by Caroline Crampton / 25 Oct 2011 09:28
Despite the best efforts of David Cameron and his whips' office, 79 Conservative MPs voted in favour of having a referendum on the EU last night. A further two, Peter Bone and Philip Hollobone, acted as tellers, and another 15 abstained. Two PPSs, Adam Holloway and Stuart Jackson, are thought to have put their positions as PPSs in jeopardy by joining the rebels. In addition, 19 Labour MPs joined them in voting for the
The fire is missing from Cameron’s fight
by Holly Smith / 24 Oct 2011 17:10
Can you hear that? Those faint (or not so faint) whispers in the background? They’re getting stronger. Referendum, referendum, REFERENDUM, REFERENDUM. Cameron’s statement in the Commons today wasn’t strictly about the proposed EU referendum, or the circus of threats that has ensued, but its presence could be felt everywhere.
Even without the referendum debacle sliming its way into every nook, cranny, and twitter catfight, the statement was already controversial. It was
After the Coalition: Cameronism fleshed out
by Richard Roberts / 13 Oct 2011 09:59
The title of this book by five newly-elected Conservative MPs seems to have misled some commentators into thinking it represents a growing restlessness on the Conservative backbenches about the Coalition and David Cameron’s leadership. Iain Martin, writing in the Mail back in April, suggested that After the Coalition promised to be an attempt by a group of younger Conservative MPs who lean towards the Thatcherite, Eurosceptic right of the party to undermine Cameron’s
PMQs: it's all about the women
by Amber Elliott / 12 Oct 2011 13:14
Today at PMQs, two white men in their forties fought to prove they were on the side of women.
Unemployment in Britain has jumped to its highest level since 1994. Figures demonstrate that there has been a 5.4 per cent increase in the number of women unemployed in the year through to August, in comparison to 4.1 per cent for men.
The young have been hardest hit in the latest round of
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