Victoria Derbyshire debate roundup
Here are some of the big issues from this morning's Victoria Derbyshire BBC 2 debate: Jobs The Coalition's record on jobs enters the spotlight again. Business Minister Matthew Hancock claimed … Read
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Here are some of the big issues from this morning's Victoria Derbyshire BBC 2 debate: Jobs The Coalition's record on jobs enters the spotlight again. Business Minister Matthew Hancock claimed … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The first page of Labour's manifesto is out a bit earlier than the rest. It contains one commitment we're likely to hear heavily debated in the next three and a bit weeks: Read
Today marks the launch of the Labour party manifesto, due to set out their vision for government. This is the focus of many of the newspaper front pages. The Mirror … Read
The Sunday Express leads with a Conservative pledge to "kill the hated Death Duty", a story also covered by the Telegraph, the Express, the Mail and the Times. Cameron's promise … Read
We might be entering the home straight in the election campaign, but it's rather a different race occupying the minds of many journalists today. Read
The Conservatives will reportedly promise today to give workers three days paid leave for charitable projects, provided they're employed in bigger companies or the public sector. They'll also pledge to … Read
Defence—specifically, the future of the UK's nuclear weapons—dominates the front pages this morning. The Conservatives are making a commitment to the Trident submarine programme, while claiming that Labour are prepared … Read
The FT, Times, Independent and Guardian lead with Ed Miliband's promise to abolish the non-domicile rule, which currently means some of the UK's wealthiest do not pay UK tax on … Read
Education
Last updated 08/04/2015 On Easter Sunday—a slow news day in the secular world—BBC News picked up on a survey of teachers in which many report that financial pressure on pupils' … Read
A Labour government would cost you an extra £3,000, Theresa May told listeners of the Today programme morning. But this figure is based on a lot of assumptions about Labour's … Read