A key tenet of the Labour Party’s manifesto is reducing the budget deficit year-on-year through the lifetime of the next parliament.
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The Greens have nothing on Syriza or Podemos.
The Labour Party has put tackling tax avoidance firmly on the election agenda.
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.
Plaid Cymru calls for fewer Welsh MPs and English Votes for English Laws.
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?
Labour’s latest election broadcast is a direct-to-audience address by the actor Martin Freeman, who you might know from The Hobbit, Sherlock and The Office. It’s a curious affair – as Freeman stands alone…
The Liberal Democrats’ appeal to the centre is mature and logical, but it’s hard to see whose votes it could possibly win.
Channel 4’s dramatisation of the five days in May 2010 when the Coalition was formed is almost revolutionarily empathetic with our political leaders.
There’s not much to be gained for major party leaders, but small parties have all to play for.
Even if Nick Clegg survives the election, he may not survive the Lib Dem bloodletting that’s sure to ensue.
The last election was a low point for women in British politics.
The bizarre sting that felled a Tory candidate in Dudley all hinged on a long-running local row over a planned mosque.
What David Cameron hoped to achieve by announcing he’d only serve two terms is a mystery.
The debate shambles has reached its climax and guess who drew the short straw.
Alexander failed to pull a rabbit out of the yellow box, but the Liberal Democrats have more tricks up their sleeves.
It might seem strange, especially given the nation’s decision to sever ties with George III in 1776.
As expected, chancellor George Osborne pulled a handful of small rabbits out of his hat as he announced his pre-electoral budget. Lowering the tax allowance, cutting taxes to middle-income earners together…
Against the odds (and the polls) the Liberal Democrats remain optimistic in the lead up to the general election.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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