The coalition’s Mid-Term Review should have been more than a renewal of vows. It needed to focus on urgent political priorities in the run-up to 2015 Read more...
Capping long-term care costs at £75,000 betrays the spirit and the letter of the Dilnot proposals. Only a handful of older people stand to gain Read more
When they go, the coalition won’t be able to send back a coherent analysis of their policies. Despite the small-state rhetoric, today’s mid-term message from the prime minister and his deputy shows that the Big State lives on Read more
Are we any closer to knowing what the Liberal Democrats and their leader stand for now they have been in power for half a Parliament? Not given the evidence of this week in Brighton Read more
Nick Clegg is right to push for a massive investment in housing and infrastructure. But Whitehall needs to allow local government to take the lead in reducing waiting lists and boosting economic recovery Read more
Nick Clegg has renewed his faith in pupil premiums as a vital way to improve education and social mobility. But there is little evidence of serious benefits for disadvantaged pupils Read more
The coalition has promised, amongst other things, to ‘wipe the slate clean’ of debt by 2017. It appears to be in a state of denial Read more
Nick Clegg ‘renewed his vows’ today with David Cameron, but there is little evidence that the Liberal Democrats have gained much from the coalition. The deputy PM should focus on growth, jobs and infrastructure investment Read more
The deputy prime minister’s plan to raise personal allowances is a very expensive way to help the ‘squeezed middle’. There must be a better approach Read more
The Deputy Prime Minister’s plans to encourage more John Lewis style companies will only get us so far. He needs to be more radical and consider greater worker participation within firms Read more
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