Political Debate
Press Review - 3rd September
The Times has learned that civil servants working in Whitehall are unlikely to face compulsory redundancies as part of the cutbacks in public sector employment.
Press Review - 2nd September
Tony Blair’s warning that Labour should not drift to the Left leaves “little doubt” that his preferred candidate is David Miliband, according to the FT. The paper picks up on comments in the former PM’s memoirs in which he claimed such a move would result in the party losing “even bigger next time”.
Press Review - 1st September
As the Labour Party begins to send out ballot papers to its members in its leadership election, the Daily Mirror has endorsed David Miliband, saying that he has the ‘intellect, talent and experience’ to take on the Tories and then become Prime Minister.
Press Review - 31st August
The head of the IPCC is facing criticism and calls for his resignation after an inquiry has revealed that there were further errors (concerning the projections for the Himalayan glaciers) in his organisation’s 2007 report, the Times writes. Rajendra Pachauri has said that he intends to stay in his post until 2014.
Labour Leadership Round-up: August 20th - August 27th
The last week of the leadership contest before ballot papers are sent to party members on 1 September saw all candidates vying for media attention in a final push for votes.
Press Review - 27th August
Several papers pick up on the report from the Royal United Services Institute, which suggests that there are 800 potential Muslim extremists currently in British prisons and due to be released within the decade. The Sun sees it as a ‘terror timebomb’
Press Review - 26th August
Nick Clegg has hit back at claims that the budget would hit the poorest hardest, claiming the IFS is making “impossible assumptions”. The deputy Prime Minister stressed to the FT that fairness is at the heart of the coalition agenda, and wrote that the report adopts a “purely numerical” definition of fairness, claiming it was “partial”.
Press Review - 25th August
The Prime Minister’s wife Samantha has given birth to a baby girl, born three weeks early while the family were on holiday in Cornwall, the tabloid newspapers all report on their front pages.
Press Review - 23rd August
Reports of disagreements between the Chancellor and Work and Pensions Secretary abound this morning, with the Mail claiming that IDS threatened to resign if George Osborne did not agree to his plans for welfare reform.
Labour Leadership Round-up: August 13th - August 20th
As the leadership contest enters its final full week before ballot papers are distributed on September 1st, the five potential candidates return to campaigning after their summer holidays.