Politics

Brent libraries’ Indignados strike a global chord

17 October 2011 | Heather Wakefield

The campaign for the survival of Brent’s libraries faltered last week when it lost its High Court battle. But the public anger given voice by the Brent campaigners is being replicated across the world, and politicians need to start paying attention. Read more

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Miliband speech: produced the goods?

28 September 2011 | Conor Ryan

Ed Miliband’s ‘producers vs predators’ speech to Labour conference helped the party leader move out of the political shadows. Now he needs to supply some detail  Read more

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Lib Dems: taking a stand on welfare?

19 September 2011 | Claudia Wood

A motion that slipped under the radar at the Lib Dems’ conference in Birmingham could make a big difference to disabled claimants’ lives  Read more

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Party conferences: back to a difficult future

7 September 2011 | Tom Mludzinski

Ahead of party conference season, what are the polling lessons from a turbulent political summer and the economic challenges ahead? Read more

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Riotous assemblies

30 August 2011 | Tony Travers

Continuing economic uncertainty, coalition tensions, phone hacking and civil disorder are among the challenges facing politicians at this year’s round of party conferences Read more

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We need to talk about the people

13 July 2011 | Claudia Wood

The most interesting question raised by this week’s open services white paper was the one it was silent on – how to get people involved  Read more

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Phone hacking: Britain’s Watergate?

13 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The current crisis involving News International has echoes of the troubles that engulfed US politics 40 years ago, but the outcome in the UK could be a more appropriate relationship between politicians and the media Read more

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Press freedom, public interest and the PCC

11 July 2011 | Conor Ryan

The inquiries that David Cameron has announced must do a lot more than get to the bottom of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal Read more

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Phone hacking: all in this together

7 July 2011 | Colin Talbot

The News of the World phone hacking revelations have opened up a huge can of worms for the political establishment Read more

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Bin there, done that

6 July 2011 | Simon Hoggart

New politics is rarely what it proclaims – and, if history is anything to go by, reality soon gets in the way of rhetoric Read more

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