politics.co.uk podcast: The perils of Lords reform

Time to reform the House of Lords?

Can the coalition turns its plans into reality?

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The week in politics: Doom and gloom

The week in politics: Doom, gloom and govt defeats

This week summed up politics in the 2010-15 parliament.

The political week on Twitter: #savetheintern

Tom Watson's intern was the unwilling star of Twitter in the world of politics this week

The fallout from a rather misguided tweet

Next week in Westminster

The week in Westminster: January 30th - February 3rd

Here's the picks of next week's action from parliament

Comment & Analysis

Interview: Mark Harper's Lords reform challenge

Mark Harper, the Conservative minister for political and constitutional reform, is tasked with achieving the hardest reform of them all

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

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

David Cameron: Playing both sides

Having given up on Miliband, the PM slaps himself in the face with his own policies.

PMQs as-it-happened

Prime minister's questions 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

Ian Dunt: 'The idea, which is central to the editorial judgement of the BBC, that the truth lies between two competing viewpoints, is inaccurate and childish.'

Not all viewpoints are equal. It's about time we stopped pretending they were.

More News

NHS reforms escape killer blow

Surgeons will continue working with the government

The coalition's embattled NHS reforms appear to have narrowly avoided a sweeping condemnation from one of the medical community's biggest organisations.

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Clegg ready to make rich help 'alarm clock Britain'

Clegg wants personal allowance increased to £10k sooner rather than later

Nick Clegg has pledged to accelerate moves to remove income tax payments for the first £10,000 people earn.

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Cameron presents Europe with 'difficult' shopping list

David Cameron addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Europe must mirror Britain's "bold action" to improve its economic performance, David Cameron has told the World Economic Forum.

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Tory grumblers told to fall in line over Lords reform

Minister ready to use Parliament Act to push through Lords reform

Lords reform was in manifesto, Mark Harper points out

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Lords hands coalition biggest defeat yet

Single parents could be forced to pay upfront charge to receive child maintenance

Peers rejected the government's welfare reform bill yet again last night, in the largest Lords defeat yet for the coalition.

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PM won't abandon NHS reform 'challenge'

David Cameron and Nick Clegg's NHS reforms face huge "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.

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MPs attack 'grotesque' defence job cuts

UK military faces big cuts between now and 2015

Compulsory redundancies in the armed services have been dismissed as "grotesque" by MPs.

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Cameron pushes for ECHR reform

That gavel's got a lot of work to do - ECHR faces backlog of over 150,000 cases

The European court of human rights (ECHR) must reform to remain "true to its original purpose", David Cameron said today.

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The shadow of double dip recession: Economic growth falls by 0.2%

The economy is still broadly flat, with the 0.2% figure within the margin of error

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.

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History repeating: Voters could be turned away in 2015

Unless law is changed, history could repeat itself 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.

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Issue of the Day

Anger at Hester's £1m RBS bonus

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

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Festival of Social Sciences: Celebrating the Social Sciences

Evidence-based policy should not be a radical concept. It needs to be celebrated.

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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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