Coalition

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Photograph: Getty Images.
The universal credit is the government's next big train wreck
By Rafael Behr - 05 October 13:50

Welfare reform could go so massively wrong, even the intelligence services are worried.

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A Virgin train passes along the West Coast mainline route near Abington.
A railway omnishambles proves Miliband's point
By George Eaton - 03 October 7:55

West Coast rail contract scrapped after "significant flaws" in the bidding process.

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Ed Miliband waits to speak at the annual Labour Party conference in Manchester.
The next step in building a Labour majority
By Andrew Harrop - 01 October 7:36

The party must set out a handful of big, signature proposals that exemplify how and why it would govern.

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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The NHS could become the coalition's biggest headache again
By George Eaton - 27 September 9:50

Patient care is set to worsen next year, warn NHS finance directors.

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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Photograph: Getty Images.
The coalition is wrong to be complacent about unemployment
By Liam Byrne - 20 September 16:01

The latest fall in unemployment becomes a rise if you take out the massive drop in London.

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The Liberal Democrats at last year's party conference.
Why the Lib Dems need a centre-left election strategy
By David Klemperer and Guy Lodge - 20 September 12:51

In most marginal seats, the party will be fighting the Tories, not Labour.

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New equalities minister Jo Swinson with Nick Clegg earlier this year.
The mystery of Jo Swinson's appointment as equalities minister
By Richard Morris - 12 September 15:45

Why was the Lib Dem appointed a week after everyone else?

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David Cameron waits to talk to the media. Photograph: Getty Images.
Cameron’s own backbenches land deadlier blows on him than Labour
By Rafael Behr - 12 September 14:52

A growing number of Tory MPs don’t believe Cameron’s way can work – a prophecy that fulfils itself.

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David Cameron arrives at No 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Getty Images.
Our leaders must abandon the cult of speed
By Neal Lawson - 06 September 9:51

Meaningful change takes time to get right. We need a strategy of slow politics.

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The hollow centre of British politics
By Rafael Behr - 05 September 17:09

The Tory party is losing faith in David Cameron. The coalition seems brittle and without purpose. And Labour has yet to offer a coherent alternative. Have our politicians stopped speaking to the voters in a language they understand?

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