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Apocalypse now: Labour ramps up the fear
The only thing missing from Ed Balls' speech of spending cuts doom were the well-timed cracks of thunder and lightning. As the polls continue to drift Labour has found a new way to win the election - fear.
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Coalition law leaves 50,000 without debt advice
Ministers are refusing to use cash from payday lender fines to fund charities offering debt advice. Don't they realise this looks bad?
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Treasury presses ahead with powers to take money out of your bank account
New powers allowing the government to take disputed funds from people's bank accounts are being watered-down following an outcry - but remain in place.
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Immigration restrictions will do serious long-term damage to UK economy
Political consensus on cutting immigration will lead to lower wages and higher taxes.
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Why the Tories are not benefiting from the economic recovery
Conservatives still seen as the party for the rich.
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Recovery not 'firmly rooted', Clarke warns
Ken Clarke says Britain is a "long way" from having an economy with "sustainable levels of growth and all that".
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They've got his number: Osborne dodges basic maths question
George Osborne's reputation for being good with numbers has taken another blow, after he dodged a maths question asked by a seven-year-old.
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Costing the opposition: Labour forces vote on manifesto audits
Labour will try to improve its reputation for financial competance this week with a Commons vote demanding all parties' manifestos are independently audited
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Union threatens strike over passport delays
Workers at the Passport Office may go on strike over the growing backlog, as warnings emerge that hundreds of thousands of Brits could miss their summer holidays due to delays
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Tories move against trade unions' strike rights
PM confirms Conservatives will try to make it harder for trade unions to go on strike
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HMRC's raid on your bank account: MPs warn of 'judge and jury' powers
New powers to take money directly from the bank accounts of people who might have paid too little tax attacked by influential group of MPs
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Bucking the trend: Poll shows huge opposition to privately-run public services
Public overwhelmingly opposed to private firms running public services, new poll reveals
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Ukip posters branded a 'lie' as builders report labour shortages
Ukip's poster campaign suggesting that builders are being forced out of work by immigrants was looking shakey today, after the building industry reported a widespread shortage of skilled workers.
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Food banks are 'profiteering', government claims
The government accuses food bank operators of profiteering and "publicity-seeking", after new figures reveal a surge in the number of people resorting to their use.
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Zero hours: The brutal truth revealed
Zero hours contracts are stripping workers of employment rights and routinely paying them less than the minimum wage, Commons committee discovers
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'A matter of deep regret': More details emerge of millions wasted on Universal Credit
The government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on two IT systems for Universal Credit, neither of which is capable of being tested on users
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A 'new bargain': Miliband ready to hand billions to Britain's cities
A Labour government would hand £20 billion of funding over to city- and region-wide bodies
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IDS: Give British jobless work before looking overseas
Companies should offer unemployed British workers jobs before looking overseas, Iain Duncan Smith has suggested.
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It's not a trap! Balls defiant over welfare cap
Ed Balls rejects suggestions the chancellor laid a 'trap' for Labour in yesterday's Budget
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It's a trap! Labour faces 'budget responsibility' vote
Labour will be forced to confront its deficit reduction position this autumn when the coalition pushes through a Commons vote on a new 'charter of budget responsibility'.
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