Archive of articles from 2011

Comment: It's time to confront Northern Ireland's legacy of the past

Naomi Long is deputy leader of the Alliance party

We cannot move forward unless we deal comprehensively with the past and its legacy.

Clegg: Investment will jump-start growth

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg unveils the second round of successful bids for the regional growth fund:

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Labour: Regional growth fund money doesn't amount to much

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna responds to the second round of successful bids for the coalition's regional growth fund:

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Bentley: What the successful RGF bid means for us

Carmaker Bentley has won one of the 119 successful bids for regional growth fund money announced today. Chairman and chief executive Wolfgang Dürheimer explains what it means for the company:

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Analysis: Ministers urgently need green shoots

Gideon Skinner is head of politics at Ipsos Mori

We've had three party conferences, one Cabinet resignation, and 81 Tory rebels on Europe - but where has it left us?

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Audio: Europe ructions and a knife crime kerfuffle

It's been a tough week for the prime minister

Alex Stevenson and Talksport's Sean Dilley review an eventful week in politics:

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Political Week in Twitter

The week's best political tweets in one handy location.

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The Week in Politics: Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe

You wait for ages for a European crisis to come along. And then two turn up at once.

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TUC: Soaring salaries for directors, wage cuts for the rest

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber responds to the data collected by the Incomes Data Service which reveals Directors of FTSE 100 companies receiving 50% pay rises:

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Incomes Data Service: Pay gap between boardroom and shop floor continues to widen

Steve Tatton, editor of the IDS report, comments on the research which shows directors of top FTSE companies have seen their pay packets swell by 50%:

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Unite: Directors' pay packets are obscene

Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, responds to the data collected by the Incomes Data Service which reveals directors of FTSE 100 companies are receiving 50% pay raises:

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Osborne's eurozone crisis statement in full

George Osborne updated MPs on the emergency Brussels summit yesterday

Chancellor George Osborne updates the Commons on yesterday's emergency eurozone crisis summit of EU leaders:

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Barroso: These are exceptional measures for exceptional times

European commission president José Manuel Barroso responds to the new Greek rescue package agreed at the European summit last night.

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Balls: There are only so many times we can have summits that present a united front

Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls responds to the news that the eurozone leaders have established a new financial rescue package in the Independent newspaper:

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Osborne: We must maintain momentum

Chancellor George Osborne responds to the news that the eurozone leaders have established a new financial rescue package, telling the Today programme.

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2011 or 1940? European crisis is a case of history repeating

Ben Brown is an award winning British playwright whose latest play "Three days in May" is currently being performed at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

The current furore over Europe within the Conservative party is nothing new, as Ben Brown's new play reveals.

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Comment: QE - the Bank should let us win our own money

Richard Heller was formerly political adviser to Denis Healey and Gerald Kaufman.

Quantitative easing is all well and good, but why doesn't the government give the money straight to the British people and start a QE lottery?

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Beercroft report: Lazy workers cost the economy

Adam Beercroft's leaked report into British business, quoted by the Telegraph newspaper, suggests binning certain aspects of employment law:

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TUC: New laws would only help nasty bosses

Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, responds to recommendations in a leaked report that unfair dismissal laws should be scrapped:

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Unite: Sacking proposals are a pathway to misery

Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey responds to recommendations in a leaked report that unfair dismissal laws should be scrapped

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PMQs as-it-happened

Another Cameron-Miliband showdown, in the week marking the 50th anniversary of PMQs

Review our live coverage of this week's PMQs in a week dominated by crisis in the EU and Tory divisions over Europe.

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Association of Teachers and Lecturers: This Government is more concerned about low taxation for the wealthy than about young learners

Martin Johnson, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), responds to figures released today which show education funding faces biggest spending reduction since the 1950s

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