Archive of articles from 2011

Healey: Patients could lose out

Shadow health secretary John Healey comments ahead of the second reading of the health and social care bill:

Comment: For the sake of the kids?

More consultation and lowering the voting age aren't enough for Britain's young people.

Eagle: Wrong choices being made on the economy

Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Angela Eagle comments on the GfK NOP consumer confidence index:

GfK NOP: Consumer confidence has collapsed

Nick Moon, managing director of GfK NOP Social Research, comments on his organisation's latest consumer confidence barometer:

The week in politics: Economy and phone-hacking just won't go away

Politicians and journalists spent the last full week of January 2011 wringing their hands - but for very different reasons.

Comment: Forest sell-off shows the coalition is losing the plot

The reaction against a forest sell-off is predominantly emotional, but that's what makes it so politically potent.

Betts: Curbs cut across localism

Communities and local government committee chair Clive Betts comments on his report on the new code curbing local authority publicity:

Osborne hints at fuel duty rise

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PMQs as-it-happened

Follow this week's PMQs with politics.co.uk's live blog.

PMQs sketch: Putting their Eds together

In the eye of the storm, oblivious of everything, the two Eds were enjoying the cosiest of tete-a-tetes.

Quilliam: Welcome and positive

Lib Dems: Sanity and justice returns