The ten things you need to know on Sunday 2nd December 2012... 1) WHEN THE FACTS CHANGE, I DON'T CHANGE MY MIND The chancellor George Osborne ha...
The ten things you need to know on Monday 3rd December 2012... 1) WAKE UP AND SMELL THE TAXES It's tax avoidance week. From the BBC: "Global ...
There are plenty of legitimate arguments to be made against the judge's recommendations but can we please get our facts straight? And drop all the references to "positively Orwellian" measures and "Mugabe's Zimbabwe"? Ahead of this afternoon's debate in the Commons on press regulation, here's my modest attempt to debunk the five biggest media myths about the Leveson report.
On the eve of the chancellor's Autumn Statement, Mehdi Hasan meets leading economist Jonathan Portes to discuss the prospects for growth, the failure ...
The ten things you need to know on Wednesday 5th December 2012... 1) LOTS OF PAIN, NOT SO MUCH GAIN Poor ol' Gideon. He can't even get his sea...
The ten things you need to know on Thursday 6th December 2012... 1) BREAKING: GEORGE OSBORNE ON TODAY Evan Davis has just interviewed chancellor...
The ten things you need to know on Friday 7th December 2012... 1) OSBORNE VS THE DISABLED Remember how George Osborne claimed on Wednesday that ...
The ten things you need to know on Sunday 9th December 2012... 1) THE WAR ON THE WAR ON BENEFITS The Observer splash reads: "Ed Miliband to w...
The ten things you need to know on Monday 10th December 2012... 1) TIME TO DECRIMINALISE DOPE? From the BBC: "The government is being urged ...
Meet David McAllister. He was last week mooted as Merkel’s heir apparent at Germany’s ruling conservative Christian Democratic Union party confere...
The ten things you need to know on the most anticipated day of the year, 12/12/12 (yep, you read that right)... 1) DO YOU KNOW WHO MY BOSS IS? Y...
The ten things you need to know on Thursday 13th December 2012 (doesn't have the ring of 12/12/12, does it?)... 1) GOVE GOES TO WAR From the Gua...
The ten things you need to know on Friday 14th December... 1) THE SEGREGATION MYTH Oh look, yet more proof that we never ever talk about immigra...
As I'm about to run off to debate Tory MP Chris Skidmore on welfare reform on BBC1's Sunday Politics at 11am, here are the five (not ten! Sorry!) thin...
The ten things you need to know on Monday 17th December 2012... 1) COALITION ACT TWO Remember 'differentiation'? The fancy word coined by Lib De...
With the Conservative Party unveiling a new ad campaign in marginal seats, which basically divides voters into hard-working 'strivers' and stay-at-home 'shirkers', and with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg launching on attack on universal benefits, it seems the perfect time to debunk ten key myths about the UK's welfare budget and, specifically, 'out of work benefits'.
The ten things you need to know on Tuesday 18th December 2012... 1) UKIP IF YOU WANT TO More bad news for the Conservative Party; more good new...
The ten things you need to know on Thursday 20th December 2012... 1) THE TORIES VS THE POLICE Amusing to see how the Tories are falling over eac...
The head of the UK’s largest provider of food banks has launched a scathing attack on the government’s welfare reforms and rhetoric, accusing mini...
The number of homeless families staying in bed-and-breakfast accommodation has doubled in a year, according to official figures. Between 2010 and 2...
Britons will have to wait longer to receive a state pension under a government plan that will see future increases in pension age linked to fast-risin...
In trying to disparage 'faith', Dawkins and his allies constantly confuse 'evidence' with 'proof'; those of us who believe in God do so without proof but not without evidence. As the Oxford theologian (and biophysicist) Alister McGrath has observed: "Our beliefs may be shown to be justifiable, without thereby demonstrating that they are proven."
More than three in five voters support David Cameron's wish to introduce gay marriage, according to a poll conducted for the Guardian. The strong back...
Prosperous middle-class pensioners who do not need their winter fuel payment should give the money to poorer old people or good causes, the charities ...
Former chancellor Alistair Darling is planning to quit at the next election in a huge blow for Ed Miliband, The Sun can reveal. The Scottish MP is ...
