Archive of articles from 2010

A week in politics: Lib Dem squirming wasn't a pretty sight

Conference seems a distant memory for the Lib Dems

It's been a tough week for the Liberal Democrats, and it's not going to be the last.

Comment: Challenging the false debate on housing benefit

Leslie Morphy is chief executive of the homeless charity Crisis

The current row over the housing benefit cap is obscuring the real impact cuts will have on low income people across the country.

Comment: University will become the preserve of the elite

David Lammy is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tottenham

With the government's decision to raise the cap for tuition fees to £9,000, access to higher education will become a financial leap of faith for poorer students.

Analysis: Woolas' demise was hard, but not impossible, to spot

Saddleworth election result declared void

Even with the benefit of hindsight it was impossible to tell, as I travelled around Oldham East and Saddleworth with Phil Woolas and Elwyn Watkins, what lay ahead. But the clues were there.

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