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Ideas for Labour to help SMEs recover

Ben Fox
Friday, July 30, 2010

Having had the dubious pleasure of reading the coalition's green paper boldly titled ‘Financing a private sector recovery', I can safely say that I haven't read such vacuous contradictory rubbish in a long time.


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Value for money - for who?

Steve Cockburn
Thursday, July 29, 2010

With rightwing hawks circling the ringfenced aid budget, ‘Value for Money' is the new mantra ringing through DfID's Palace Street offices. But how does this stack up against some of the government's early aid decisions?


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Out-toughing it on crime

Kate Green MP
Monday, July 26, 2010

Ken Clarke is reportedly at odds with Cameron on penal policy. But before Labour crows at yet another coalition split (and all within the Tories this time) let's be careful to consider the evidence on crime and justice.


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Life expectancy gap widest since 1930s

Paul Richards
Friday, July 23, 2010

Absorbing this latest news, Paul Richards says we need more - not less - reform on the lines of the smoking ban to win proper health equality in the UK, and that the Tories will succumb to the food industry push for the status quo


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‘How long do you think it will last?'

Jonathan Reynolds
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Colleagues, the press, my constituents - wherever I go it's the question I am asked most. Like speculation over a celebrity marriage, we're all wondering if the coalition will go the full five years or if it will all end in tears much before then.


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What are community organisers for?

Louisa Thomson
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

We must be careful that new organisers are not duplicates of local Labour activists, nor a hindrance to the work Labour people seek to do. Councillors are already community leaders and will be needed to navigate the 'Big Society' agenda.


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Red Wedge event: human rights

Lucy Rigby
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

At last night's event Charlie Falconer was combative against the "myopic Daily Mail driven" government and Cherie Booth reflected on the need for Labour to do more to show how the HRA changes everyday lives for the better


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Lib-Con foreign policy?

Alex Bigham
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

As Cameron travels to the US and Hague to Kabul, early forays suggest the Tories are trying to weave liberal elements into an essentially Conservative foreign policy, but Commonwealth remains above climate change in priorities  


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Labour's growing membership

Kate Green MP
Monday, July 19, 2010

New members are full of enthusiasm and Labour is already back campaigning, whether on the street or in opposition in parliament. Let's make sure we give members new and old the chance for proper debate within the party.


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Human rights - the fundamentals

Charlie Falconer
Monday, July 19, 2010

Ahead of tonight's Red Wedge event, Charlie Falconer says the government is being led astray by an agenda of 'human rights only for those we like' and suggests the Lib Dems may never recover from giving up on their own values


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