Archive: Coalition Tensions
Exclusive: English votes for English laws won't happen before the election
Backroom coalition talks over English votes for English laws have failed to reach agreement - leaving the Lib Dems poised to block a vote on the issue before the general election.
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BHA: Government disappoints in failing to deliver its commitment to inclusive ‘faith’ school admissions
The Government has seemingly acknowledged its failure to make progress in its commitment to make religious school admissions more inclusive, the British Humanist Association (BHA) has today observed. The comments come in response to the publication of the Government’s mid-term audit of progress towards its coalition agreement commitments. The BHA is disappointed at the lack of progress.
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FSB: Welcomes coalition Government
FSB: Welcomes coalition Government
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CIHT on Historic Coalition
CIHT on Historic Coalition
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Lessons for the coalition in international report
Chris Keates: 'The Government should take note of the clear message from this report that the most effective education systems are designed around students and learning, build teacher capacity and engage all learners'.
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The night the Lib Dems gave up their last remaining principles
Last night's vote on judicial review was a final shameful moment for a party which has given up on its convictions
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Tory rebels threaten to derail Cameron's Scottish devolution vow
Disgruntled Conservative MPs are threatening to vote against fulfilling the 'vow' for Scottish independence - while the Liberal Democrats are threatening to block a vote on the pledge in the first place.
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'Democracy on demand': The radical new idea for England now at the centre of the coalition's secret talks
Coalition talks on English votes for English laws are now focusing on a radical package of constitutional change, Politics.co.uk can reveal.
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Tory 'stitch-up' fears over EVEL as coalition talks hit impasse
Coalition talks over English votes for English laws have reached deadlock, Politics.co.uk can reveal.
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Bedroom tax victims are the real losers of the EU referendum bill's death
The strange death of the Tories' EU referendum bill has been a particularly ugly coalition one. And it's not one without casualties, as thousands of bedroom tax victims will testify.
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A Queen's Speech preparing for coalition carnage
It's an exceptionally light, boring Queen's Speech this year. Which perversely, given the chaos to come, makes it one of this government's best.
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Analysis: Just one more hellish year to go for the government whips
Not once since the Second World War has any other parliament seen a more rebellious bunch of MPs sitting on the government benches
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Coalition unity implodes over free schools 'lunacy'
Lib Dems call Michael Gove a 'zealot' in latest education row
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Analysis: Clegg is flirting with Labour – but he doesn't really care who gets into No 10
It will prompt scorn from Conservative colleagues in government and contempt from the voters – but Nick Clegg's flirtations with Labour are a necessary bit of politicking
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Lib Dems 'preparing spring offensive' against Tory coalition colleagues
Liberal Democrats will call time on coalition unity this spring, David Laws has revealed, with a 'differentiation' offensive set to make internal strains greater than ever before
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Cameron: Coalition 'not always good for the national interest'
The inherent tension of coalition is not always good for the "long-term interests of the country", David Cameron has admitted.
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The Political Week Online: A revolutionary Brand?
Russell Brand, free schools, Grangemouth, Hinkley Point - and a sprinkling of economic joy.
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Coalition at war over free schools and energy policy
Relations between the coalition parties hit a new low today, as rows over free schools and green levies saw the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives at loggerheads.
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Coalition in open warfare: Can free schools survive?
The future of free schools was up in the air today, after an explosive attack on the project from Nick Clegg triggered confusion in the Liberal Democrats and a retaliation from allies of Michael Gove.
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Parting shot: Sacked Lib Dem minister accuses party of drifting left
Sacked Liberal Democrat minister Jeremy Browne has compared his party to a "shopping trolley that defaults to the left" in a parting attack on the party's rank-and-file which has revived predictions of a switch to the Tories.
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Sketch: Clegg's Amy Winehouse rendition
"They tried to make me be a Tory, and I said no, no, no."
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Uncomfortable silence: Clegg distances himself from his allies
Nick Clegg is distancing himself from his supposed allies, with sharp comments about Vince Cable, Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron at the Liberal Democrat conference in Scotland.
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Stop the gloating, Cable tells Osborne
George Osborne's gloating over the economic recovery is unjustified and premature, Vince Cable has warned.
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Lib Dems yearn for Labour coalition
Most Liberal Democrat activists want the party to support Labour rather than the Conservatives in government after the next general election, a poll has found.
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Clegg wins coalition's childcare ratio tussle
Conservative plans to increase childcare ratios are conspicuously absent from today's final proposals from the Department for Education, handing Nick Clegg a sizeable coalition victory over Michael Gove.
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First strike: Tories hit 'reckless' Lib Dems before Trident review
Defence secretary Philip Hammond has branded his Liberal Democrat colleagues "reckless" for considering a downgrade to Britain's nuclear deterrent.
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Tories desperate for marriage tax breaks vote
Conservative marriage tax break plans condemned by Nick Clegg as "patronising drivel" will be brought forward soon, David Cameron has promised.
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Lost in coalition: Trident review's missing conclusions
The Liberal Democrat-initiated review into renewing Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent does not reach any conclusions, Danny Alexander has admitted.
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A sop to Tory backbenchers: Married couples' tax allowance back on the agenda
Treasury sources have tried to dispel the possibility of a backbench battle for the married couples' tax allowance by pledging to introduce it before 2015.
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