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What if Labour Can’t Win?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: August 4, 2015

The entire Labour Party leadership debate is being framed by the question “how can Labour win again?” But what if it can’t, asks Colin Talbot? There are several reasons for believing it might be impossible for Labour to win an outright majority in the House of Commons again, at least for any foreseeable future. (Let […]

Tagged With: coalition, Conservative, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats

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Budget 2015 – What now? (see Update as well)

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: All posts, Westminster Watch Posted: March 18, 2015

Most of the commentary around the last Budget of this Parliament will, predictably, focus on the contents of George Osborne’s little red briefcase. Few will focus on what might happen afterwards – the Parliamentary procedure for implementing Budgets. That’s because these are usually pretty uncontroversial – Budget announcements usually get ‘rubber stamped’ through Parliament with […]

Tagged With: budget, budget 2015, coalition, fixed term parliament, George Osborne, house of commons

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The coalition’s record on schools

Ruth Lupton By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: February 10, 2015

Last week’s topic in the pre-election debate was schools. The Conservative party announced that it would protect spending on schools in cash terms, but not keep pace with inflation.  It would also convert more schools to Academies, including those adjudged ‘requiring improvement’ by Ofsted.  Labour retaliated by accusing the Coalition of failing to tackle educational […]

Tagged With: academies, coalition, Conservtaive, education, free schools, GCSE's, Labour, MIE, Pupil Premium, secondary education

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How and when will the Coalition end?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: February 17, 2014

As our Coalition Government moves inexorably towards its end, what are the factors and events that will determine how and when the formal dissolution takes place? Speculation is starting to build, says Prof Colin Talbot, not least because of obvious ‘distancing’ tactics being adopted by both the partners to the Coalition. We have 15 months […]

Tagged With: budget, coalition, dissolution, GE2015, general election, government, LibDems, parliament, Tories

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Females to the fore in reshuffle – but women’s policy input may remain limited

Francesca GainsClaire Annesley By Francesca Gains and Claire Annesley Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: October 7, 2013

As expected, David Cameron has boosted the number of women in his Government. But this strategy is problematic, argue Professors Claire Annesley and Francesca Gains, and may not address the lack of women’s policy input in decision making. Earlier this spring Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former spin doctor, suggested that ‘Sam Cam’ was the Conservatives’ ‘secret […]

Tagged With: cameron, coalition, conservatives, election, government, policy, reshuffle, women

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