BBC Sunday Politics Manifesto Tracker launched

The BBC show Sunday Politics has launched a manifesto tracker, looking at the 161 Tory manifesto commitments, and assigned a RAG status next to each of them. It’s broken out by manifesto area (Taxation, the Economy, Law and Order etc), and not consolidated in a summary table, and we have to remember this is barely the… Continue reading »

George Osborne’s garage sale: Top Trump’s campaign begins

‘Top Trumps’ have started a new campaign to challenge George Osbourne’s plan to sell off a number of UK public services. Institutions concerned include the Royal Mint, the Met Office, Ordnance Survey, Channel 4, Lloyd’s Bank, the Land Registry, Student Loans, Royal Bank of Scotland and the National Air Traffic Services. George Osborne wants to… Continue reading »