George Osborne's 'powerhouse' meme didn't last long. Further anticipated cuts to local government – which hurt harder...
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Ken Clarke Articles
WWKD?
When faced with difficult political decisions I always ask one question: WWKD? What would Ken do? No, not Ken...
Credibility deficit
Ed Balls has chosen to take a different approach to spending to that adopted by Labour prior to 1997. He is right to...
Still ‘banging on about Europe’
I began Business of the House Questions with the government’s shambolic lobbying bill which will return from the House...
Remembering Gareth Williams
The Labour party has too often lost major figures at the peak of their careers – from Hugh Gaitskell and Tony Crosland...
The cost of prison is too high
Time to make alternatives to prison a real choice for courts Charles Clarke —The reduction of crime ought to be a...
Personal whim before public safety
Last week justice secretary Chris Grayling focused in on the high levels of reoffending by those leaving prison and...
Politicising the police
The government’s radical reform agenda for policing has sparked widespread controversy. This is especially apparent...
Cameroonism Mark II
If you want to know why David Cameron is going to lose the next election, don’t look at the Department of Health,...
Establishing Clare’s Law
In July last year I was contacted by Michelle Livesey from Key 103 radio station. Michelle had been reporting on the...
EU story is at beginning, not an end
Like free trade in the 19th century and the Irish question 100 years ago, the Europe problem is now going to dominate...
Appoint a new Victims’ Commissioner
Last month Louise Casey resigned as Victims’ Commissioner to take up a new role at the Department for Communities and...