
Clegg: ''There will be no regional pay''
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's comment appeared to contradict government policy
Clegg: ''Pupil premium will change lives''
''Get this right and we make good on education's progressive promise,'' says the Deputy PM
Clegg – ''No need to reveal secret talks''
Deputy PM says he will not spill the beans on secret Cabinet deals at the heart of the coalition government
''Cap elderly care funding or close libraries''
Elderly care funding needs to be capped or councils will have to stop discretionary public services, says LGA
Lord Ashley has died aged 89
Politicians were queueing up to pay their tributes, including the ex Home Secretary David Blunkett
''Lean times can still be green times''
There are some that believe environmental ambitions must, temporarily, take a back seat while the economy is in such a poor state but that simply isn't true, says Nick Clegg
A big bang... or just a whimper?
There are fears that come 2015 the 'big bang' needed to transform the relationship between citizens and the state will prove to have been more of a whimper, says Nick Assinder
To be fair – a neat trick if you can pull it off
As the three party leaders square up to do battle over the shrinking margins of disparity around fairness, Matthew George examines what this contest signifies and whether it is really in anyone's best interests to pursue it
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