Election update, 16 April: spending pledges and primary school offer day
The Mirror leads with a claim by Labour that "Cam's bribes" will cost every family £1,439 a year. Or is it £1,493 (which the online version of the article says)? … Read
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The Mirror leads with a claim by Labour that "Cam's bribes" will cost every family £1,439 a year. Or is it £1,493 (which the online version of the article says)? … Read
Manifestos from the Liberal Democrats and UKIP are due to be published later this morning. We'll be factchecking the headline claims from both and we'll continue our analysis of the … Read
It's a right Right to Buy frenzy in the press this morning, with every newspaper under the sun (including the Sun) featuring Conservative plans for increasing home ownership. The party's … Read
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
Economy, Business & Finance
The recent spate of claims about 'non-doms' started with a speech by Ed Miliband, where he called on the Prime Minister to abolish an "arcane, 200 year-old loophole" that he … Read
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