It is likely that a number of our cities will, by Government diktat, be holding referendums in May as to whether to move to a mayoral system. Some of these will give the go-ahead and Liverpool is anyway likely to jump straight to a mayoral system by use of a council resolution. The mayoral contests

Yesterday's YouGov poll for the Sunday Times had a few interesting nuggets buried beneath the top line (Lab 40, Con 39, as it happens). Here are some of the most topical findings: 1) Clegg’s tax proposals are very popular. 83 per cent support the Lib Dems’ policy of increasing the personal allowance to £10,000. This might explain the 12-point jump in Nick Clegg’s net ap...

The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all. The answer is after the jump.             Answer: John Maynard Keynes.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted down a 2012 tax deal on Tuesday, increasing the chances of a sudden jump in payroll taxes and halt to unemployment benefits on January 1

Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have soared in the last 20 years, giving the world much less chance of avoiding dangerous climate change, new data show. More »

Before conference there were lots of pieces here on Lib Dem Voice about the new security hurdles over which people wanting to attend conference would have to jump. There was the occasional piece defending the new arrangements, but most were pretty hostile. I am not usually one to pick at scabs, but I thought that

Company reports surprise jump in bottom-line profits to £171m over past six months, as it considers huge hikes in price of stamps.

In its monthly report to Congress, the Treasury Department now says it expects to lose $23.6 billion from its $85 billion bailout of the auto industry. This is a mere $9 billion jump from its previous estimate of $14.33 billion. Since Democrats are constantly claiming to be concerned about 'new revenues', it's worth mentioning that the above figures don't include that $45.4 bil...

The UK's road network is facing a £13bn funding shortfall as a result of spending cuts and a lack of strategic planning, despite government forecasts of a jump in congestion

A particularly fractious PMQs today. Ed Miliband started by asking questions about Liam Fox which, frankly, seemed rather out of date given that Fox has already resigned. Cameron swatted them away fairly easy, mocking Miliband with the line "if you’re going to jump on a bandwagon make sure it is still moving". But when Miliband came back on the economy, Cameron was far less sure fo...