Labour has become the first of the three bigger parties to publish an election manifesto. And while the document reiterates familiar themes, it also presents something of a departure. The emphasis is very…
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Long seen as the ‘party of the rich’, the Conservatives will find that flaunting the support of business leaders doesn’t have the same weight as it did in years gone by.
Science and research were not at the front of the political debate in 2010. So how has science funding fared under the coalition government?
Study finds identical twins more likely to vote the same way – unless they back the Lib Dems.
Plaid looks left as energy manifesto fuels talk of a Green-SNP alliance.
One of Scottish Labour’s problems is that its most talented politicians prefer to be in Westminster rather than Holyrood. The reverse is true for the Scottish Nationalists. However, there are exceptions…
The future of four submarines has become the spat-of-the-day in election 2015.
Reaping the rewards and avoiding the pitfalls of an increasingly digital economy will take more effort than politicians are currently putting in.
Britain looks set for another hung parliament after the May 7 election – a prospect that gets people surprisingly muddled. Australia could teach Britain’s leaders a lesson in caretaker governments.
The Conservative promise to hold a referendum on the UK’s European Union membership has been presented as a clear dividing line between the three main parties in the 2015 election campaign. While the Conservatives…
Plaid hits out at the “smacking defence” in otherwise typical education manifesto.
From campaign buses to photo ops, the late Tory leader set the tone for the 2015 election.
The UK’s economic performance can be spun in different ways. Here, the Coalition’s economic record is broken down.
Rises in house prices and rents is far from uniform across the country. But how might this affect voters?
Five years of Coalition government later, it is clear that the poorest have paid most dearly as a result of various tax and benefit changes.
The conventional political wisdom is that small companies should be nurtured and supported, but their effective tax burden has grown.
Whichever party finds itself in the ideological middle could hold all the cards in the 2015 election.
Nick Clegg is in the fight of his political life – and his battleground constituency was once one of the safest seats in the UK.
Will no one come to the rescue of Britain’s beleaguered political pundits? Seemingly not. Those revered traditional game-changers of UK elections – the budget, a bruising interview with Jeremy Paxman…
The SNP leader stands accused of lying to the electorate about which party she wants to lead the next government. Here’s the problem with the argument.
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