elections

Featured
Campaigners set out proposals for a better deal for low-income taxpayers
Academy of Medical Sciences

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Gordon Brown has hit out at reports of Goldman Sachs' pay and bonuses
Brown: Bank’s pay is ‘moral bankruptcy’

By politics.co.uk staff Prime minister Gordon Brown called the latest revelations over bankers’ pay “moral bankruptcy” today and called for a global tax on banks. Speaking on the BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show this morning the prime minister said news of fraud allegations at Goldman Sachs’ suggested “moral bankruptcy”, before adding: “This is probably one… Read more »

News
The Trident issue prompted a tough spat between Labour and the Lib dems today
Lib Dems: Labour position on Trident ‘desperate’

By politics.co.uk staff Labour’s position on Trident is “pretty desperate stuff”, according to the Liberal Democrat defence spokesman. The comments came at the end of the day which saw tit-for-tat attacks from Labour and the Lib Dems on the subject of Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Defence secretary Bob Ainsworth called the Lib Dem position “ridiculous” on… Read more »