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New polls show Britain could face hung parliament

Alastair Campbell is not normally one to trash the state of the nation under a Labour government. But in a recent post on his blog he listed a stack of reasons to be miserable. "Let's reflect on the fact that we are in recession, with unemployment up ...

From TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Nick Clegg,  Alastair Campbell,  David Cameron,  George Osborne

Cameron put on the spot over Europe – again | Toby Helm

All this muddled thinking will catch up with the Tories in time David Cameron was rightly put on the spot by John Humphrys this morning over Europe. There is no subject on which the Conservative leader sounds less convincing, so it is worth listening ...

From TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron,  John Humphrys

Why was Mandelson so happy today?

The business secretary's deferential expression when he met the Queen today was a picture to behold As the Queen made her way through the Palace of Westminster after her Speech it was fascinating to see her exchange with one of the peers lining the ...

From TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Lord Mandelson

UK leaders fear anger of frustrated army families

Wootton Bassett residents pay tributes to six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan early last week. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Number 99 arrives tomorrow. The 100th repatriation procession to pass through Wootton Bassett may follow within ...

From MARK TOWNSEND, TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Hain,  Kevan Jones,  Yvette Cooper,  National Health Service,  UK Conservative Party

Public sector fat cats' pay should be cut, says Harriet Harman

Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, last night called for the sky-high salaries paid to hundreds of the nation's senior public servants, including the heads of quangos, to be slashed in response to growing public outrage. Harman spoke out as anger ...

From TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harriet Harman,  BBC,  Gordon Brown,  Adam Crozier,  Liam Byrne

Rebel Labour MPs plot openly in pact to oust Brown

Rebel Labour MPs are attempting to forge a Left-Right alliance in a bid to persuade Gordon Brown to step down as prime minister in the new year, according to senior figures inside the party. In a potentially ominous move for Brown, MPs are now openly ...

From TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Tony Lloyd,  Jane Kennedy,  UK Conservative Party,  Barry Sheerman

Electoral watchdog under fire as Lord Ashcroft inquiry threatens to run into election

Controversy over Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative party deepened last night after Labour MPs demanded an urgent meeting with Britain's elections watchdog. Placing more pressure on the Tories, Labour MPs want to know why the Electoral ...

From RAJEEV SYAL, TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Electoral Commission,  John Mann,  Liberal Democrats

Brown to give help to army families

Gordon Brown has ordered a series of new measures to help military families get on the housing ladder and find jobs amid growing fears that the loss of public support for the war in Afghanistan could spread to the forces community. In an unprecedented ...

From TOBY HELM, MARK TOWNSEND, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Gordon Brown,  Bob Ainsworth,  Harriet Harman,  Al-Qaeda

Secret Labour plan to axe spending on training for young people

Gordon Brown stands accused today of misleading the public over his much-vaunted plans to help young people through the recession. Leaked documents show the government is planning drastic cuts for its flagship plan to train a new generation of ...

From TOBY HELM, HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Alistair Darling,  Lord Mandelson,  Kevin Brennan,  David Willetts

US commander wants UK troops 'out of harm's way' for general election

America's top general in Afghanistan believes Britain's 9,000 troops should be removed out of "harm's way" because the Taliban will target them in the run- up to next year's general election, it was reported last night. General Stanley McChrystal, the ...

From MARK TOWNSEND, TOBY HELM, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  David Richards,  Gordon Brown,  Hamid Karzai

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