Archive of September 2011
The political week on Twitter
The week's best political tweets in one handy location.
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The Week in Politics: The Miliband conundrum
An impenetrable speech and depressing poll ratings leave Miliband in a worse place than where he started.
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Comment: Ed Miliband is destroying Labour
Ed should see the writing in fluorescent paint all over the wall: do the right thing and just go.
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Comment: Tackling tax avoidance is political, not practical
Last year almost £24 billion was lost through incorrect tax returns and unpaid VAT. So why is the priority the £2.5 billion lost through tax avoidance?
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Taxpayers' Alliance: Lack of weekly bin collections causes misery to residents
Matthew Elliott, Taxpayers' Alliance chief executive, says that weekly rubbish collection is hugely important to ordinary taxpayers.
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Caroline Spelman: Weekly bin collections are important to hard pressed families
Caroline Spelman, environment secretary, local authorities should be providing frontline services such as weekly bin collection.
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Friends of the Earth: Weekly collections waste of money and bad for recycling
Friends of the Earth respond to news that the government is making money available for a return to weekly bin collections.
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Eric Pickles: Weekly bin collection money will make big difference
Eric Pickles, communities secretary, tells the BBC that he believes the extra money for weekly bin collections will make a big difference.
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Comment: The Empress' new clothes
Righteous and radical feminism is making a thoroughly undemocratic lurch for power.
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Comment: Taxing the City will make the crisis worse
A tax on financial transactions will drive even more business east.
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Comment: In the name of Greece, tax the banks
German and Greek taxpayers are being forced to pay for a eurozone crisis they were not responsible for.
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Harriet Harman's 2011 conference speech in full
Read Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman's conference speech in full as she wraps up the Liverpool autumn conference.
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Department of Health: Hospitals should follow guidance
A spokesman at the Department of Health says hospitals should follow guidance and monitor quality of care.
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RCS president: Elderly patients under prioritised to point of neglect
Norman Williams, Royal College of Surgeons president, accuses the NHS of under prioritising elderly patients to the point of neglect.
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RCS report author: Sickest NHS patients languishing on inappropriate wards
Iain Anderson, Royal College of Surgeons report author and a consultant general surgeon at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, urges improvements for emergency patients in the NHS.
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Sketch: EdM's questionable answer session
Ed Miliband enjoyed his Q&A session with Labour members and ordinary people far too much. "Harder, harder!" he nearly yelled at one point. This was something new in politics, that's for sure.
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Comment: What politicians can learn from Joey Barton
Joey Barton is keen to start talking politics. Rather than dismissing his views, politicians would do well to learn from his open approach.
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Andy Burnham speech in full
Read Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour conference in full, on politics.co.uk.
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To the bitter end: Lessons learned from a private member's bill
A Tory backbencher looks back at the successes - and ultimate failure - of her bid to get a law passed through parliament.
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Yvette Cooper conference speech in full
Read shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper's speech to the 2011 Labour party conference in Liverpool here.
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Ed Miliband: Speech was not anti-business
Ed Miliband, Labour party leader, defends his speech against anti-business jibes.
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BCC: Ed Miliband wrong to talk of 'good' versus 'bad' businesses
John Longworth, British Chambers of Commerce director general, questions Ed Miliband's language in describing Britain's businesses.
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CBI: Ed Miliband should not characterise businesses as asset strippers
John Cridland, CBI director-general, warns Ed Miliband away from portraying businesses as "asset strippers".
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Comment: Ed Miliband's speech failed both its tasks
A speech full of negatives which could only treat the public's pains as research.
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Sketch: Pre-rehearsed Miliband fails to impress
Miliband replaces his funny face with his serious face. And then he puts on the sad face.
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