Turkey's main opposition party CHP has detailed its hostility to the constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling AK party, which will be voted upon in a referendum on 12 September.

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of a variety of key issues, and what you make of the Lib Dems’ and Government’s performance to date. Almost 600 party members have responded, and we’re currently publishing the full results of our survey. Today we’re looking at what

Interesting figures from the Met Police: Tamil Ceasefire protests – estimated total policing cost of £12.8m G20 Summit – estimated total policing cost of £7.4m Notting Hill Carnival – estimated total policing cost of £6.6m Summer Climate Camp – estimated total policing cost of £2.3m Some of those seem pretty good value for money such

Unlike the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday, at least the police ombudsman’s report into the Claudy bombing did not cost anything like £195m. And it only took it eight years rather than 12 to establish for the record what everybody knew already anyway, which is positively speedy by comparison.  Briefly put, Al Hutchinson found that

Using the official information on which MP is attending which fringe meeting, this is how the autumn 2010 conference league table looks: 15 Vince Cable 14 Sarah Teather 13 Paul Burstow Andrew Stunell 12 Simon Hughes 11 Norman Baker 10 Tim Farron 9 Jeremy Browne Steve Webb 8 Chris Huhne 7 Ed Davey Lynne Featherstone

Nick Clegg is eviscerated by this morning's press. The Independent, The FT and The Guardian gleefully report that the influential IFS has decreed the Budget (supposedly a model of fairness according to Clegg) to be regressive, that there is discontent fomenting on the Lib Dem benches and that the latest polls place Lib Dem support at 12 percent. None of this is news. The IFS is reiterating wh...

Peace vigil – hosted by Bradford Together Friday 27 August 5.30pm-6.30pm Jacob Well - 12-14 Kent Street, (outside council offices), Bradford BD1 5RL Bradford Together, in conjunction with Hope Not Hate have organised a peace vigil for this Friday: a day before the EDL hold its static protest. The vigil gives local people an opportunity to show their

Clearly, “neo-liberal” isn’t strong enough now: Václav Klaus, the ultra-neoliberal Czech president, Ultra-neoliberal now, eh? But the sleight of hand is here: Worldwide, subsidies for fossil fuels are 12 times greater than subsidies for renewable energy. Many of the most generous handouts are awarded by rightwing governments (think of the money lavished on the oil industry

Some eyecatching numbers in today's FT about how many free schools we can expect, and when. According to Department of Education officials, there will be about 12 of the new schools in 2011, another 50 in 2012, and around 100 in 2013. The paper dwells on how this falls short of the Tories' pre-election rhetoric. And it's true: the original idea was for around 3,000 new schools acros...

The Sunday Telegraph reported on its front page that the number of people in Britain seized under the controversial European Arrest Warrant rose by more than 50 percent last year, according to figures obtained from the Home Office. In total 1,032 people – almost three a day – were detained and extradited by British police on the orders of European prosecutors in the 12 months to April,...