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politics.co.uk podcast: The perils of Lords reform
Can the coalition turns its plans into reality?
The week in politics: Doom and gloom
This week summed up politics in the 2010-15 parliament.
The political week on Twitter: #savetheintern
The fallout from a rather misguided tweet
Next week in Westminster
Here's the picks of next week's action from parliament
Comment & Analysis
Interview: Mark Harper's Lords reform challenge
It is, perhaps, the hardest reform of them all. Can Mark Harper succeed where so many before him have failed?
David Cameron's Davos speech in full
Here's the text of David Cameron's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos:
PMQs sketch: Cameron is the new leader of the opposition
Having given up on Miliband, the PM slaps himself in the face with his own policies.
PMQs as-it-happened
Review our live coverage of prime minister's questions, after Ed Miliband took on David Cameron amid a renewed risk of a double-dip recession.
Comment: The impossibility of balanced journalism
Not all viewpoints are equal. It's about time we stopped pretending they were.
Opinion Former views
"Predictably the publication of the tables has provided yet another opportunity for another round of teacher bashing by the Government." - Chris Keates, NASUWT, on League Tables.
“Building 100,000 extra affordable homes would create up to 750,000 new jobs and generate extra demand in the economy. Instead this government is slashing the public sector." - Len McCluskey, Unite, on GDP figures.
More News
NHS reforms escape killer blow
The coalition's embattled NHS reforms appear to have narrowly avoided a sweeping condemnation from one of the medical community's biggest organisations.
Clegg ready to make rich help 'alarm clock Britain'
Nick Clegg has pledged to accelerate moves to remove income tax payments for the first £10,000 people earn.
Cameron presents Europe with 'difficult' shopping list
Europe must mirror Britain's "bold action" to improve its economic performance, David Cameron has told the World Economic Forum.
Tory grumblers told to fall in line over Lords reform
Lords reform was in manifesto, Mark Harper points out
Lords hands coalition biggest defeat yet
Peers rejected the government's welfare reform bill yet again last night, in the largest Lords defeat yet for the coalition.
PM won't abandon NHS reform 'challenge'
David Cameron has insisted he is "doing the right thing" in sticking with the coalition's NHS reforms in a turbulent prime minister's questions.
MPs attack 'grotesque' defence job cuts
Compulsory redundancies in the armed services have been dismissed as "grotesque" by MPs.
Cameron pushes for ECHR reform
The European court of human rights (ECHR) must reform to remain "true to its original purpose", David Cameron said today.
The shadow of double dip recession: Economic growth falls by 0.2%
Britain faced the very real prospect of a double dip recession today, after official figures showed growth slowed by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
History repeating: Voters could be turned away in 2015
The 2015 general election could see a repeat of "chaotic" scenes in which voters were turned away from polling stations, peers have warned.
Opinion Formers
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Issue of the Day
Anger at Hester's £1m RBS bonus
Taxpayer-owned bank RBS is paying its chief executive Stephen Hester a bonus worth nearly £1 million for his work in 2011.
Special event coverage
Festival of Social Sciences: Celebrating the Social Sciences
Evidence-based policy should not be a radical concept. It needs to be celebrated.
Festival of Social Sciences: 2 languages: 2 brains, 2 minds, 2 cultures?
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, the Deafness Cognition And Language Research Centre (DCAL) hosted an event exploring the powerful benefits of bilingualism in spoken and sign languages, for hearing and deaf people alike - benefits that reach hearing and deaf people alike.
Opinion Former Events
BHA: 'Blasphemy!' - blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred?
'Blasphemy!' - blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred? – a day conference focusing on the criminalization of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights, and how this functions as a de facto blasphemy law.
BHA: Creation: synthetic biology and the origin of life
Creation: synthetic biology and the origin of life - BHA 2012 Darwin Day Lecture
Cogent SSC: UK Nuclear Skills Awards - 22nd March 2012
The UK Nuclear Awards is steadily becoming an anticipated annual event in the Nuclear calendar. The National Skills Academy for Nuclear and Cogent Sector Skills Council are preparing to hold their fourth collaborative Skills Awards Evening for the industry.
Take the Gold Challenge for St Dunstan's
We provide lifelong support for blind and visually impaired ex-Service men and women. You can help give more blind heroes an independent future by taking the Gold Challenge
Jobs
Sustainability Advocate Western Europe (Based in London)
Fairfood International is a non-profit advocacy organisation which encourages the food and beverage industry to increase the level of sustainability of its products.
Policy Network are seeking two Research Internship
Policy Network is a leading international thinktank based in London. Through our cutting-edge programme of research, events and publications, our network has acquired a reputation as the leading platform for long-term strategic thinking and international best practice, impacting upon policy debates in the UK, Europe and the wider world.
Tzedek are seeking an Internship
Would you like to gain experience of grassroots development initiatives from the UK and in Ghana or India? Tzedek is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated intern to support our fundraising and education initiatives, raise awareness of Tzedek’s work within the UK Jewish community and work alongside partner organisations in Ghana or India.i
Anne Marie Morris MP (Newton Abbot Conservatives) is seeking a Campaign Volunteer
Anne Marie Morris MP is looking to recruit a volunteer to work in her local campaign office based in Newton Abbot, Devon, working alongside a full-time Campaign Manager for a period of approximately 3 months.
Dementia Adventure are seeking a Summer Intern
A 3 month (July- September 2011) unpaid internship is available to a dynamic, creative and analytical individual interested in being part of an innovative social enterprise based in Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
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