PMQs on Progress Articles

After last week’s prime minister’s questions – widely hailed as a victory for Ed Miliband after he ambushed David Cameron with the revelation of his welfare minister’s despicable comments about disabled people – the pressure was on for the Labour leader to land...

Ed Miliband really did have the best of prime minister’s questions today. He had David Cameron bang to rights – or rather disability rights. Though the unemployment figures are down below 2,000,000 today, Cameron found himself fighting on Labour’s territory and having...

Lots of members of parliament were missing from the House of Commons today. The green benches were half empty. It was like being at a second division football match. The main topic of discussion was Scotland. Although there was grand talk of this being a historic...

Both leaders were very keen to give lessons on statesmanship today, agreeing with each other on Isil and letting their members of parliament agree with each other on Scotland. Nevertheless the event was not totally without tension. There is always a competitive edge...