Torbay Labour Party is supporting efforts to keep library opening hours as they are. As part of the cuts being introduced by the Bay's Tory Mayor, there are plans to reduce opening hours. The Bay's Labour Chairman, Councillor Darren Cowell is to move an amendment at this week's budget meeting calling for £63,000 to be put back in to the library budget. Councillor Cowell said, ...

This February marks the final United Nations (UN) Preparatory Committee session before the deciding negotiations in July 2012 for a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). As this critical moment approaches, we need to call on our Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to support the strongest possible Treaty. The historic decision made

Ed Miliband will today accuse the Government of directly damaging frontline patient care with its unnecessary and unwanted top-down reorganisation of the NHS.

Chris Huhne’s resignation last week not only deprives the Government of a strong voice for Liberalism, but also this country and the international community of a voice for the common good, in the fight against climate change. We are treading the weary road of a political resignation got over ahead of time, to save even

Ed Miliband will today (Monday) accuse the Government of directly damaging frontline patient care with its unnecessary and unwanted top-down reorganisation of the NHS. Talking today about frontline pressure right across the NHS, he will point to new figures released by Labour that show the number of NHS nurses has now fallen by 3,500 since the general election and that indicate the total fall in n...

... to save the NHS, says Ed Miliband. My first thought was, gosh, that's nice, three months in which to kill it. I suspect that I am in a minority: the outpouring of love, loyalty and vows to defend the NHS unto death from the Guardian commenters to this report and to Miliband's own article resemble nothing so much as the frenzied cries of "Deus vult!" that greeted Pope Urban II when he...

We’ve seen a steady stream of groups representing health professional formally oppose the Bill, with the Royal College of GPs among the most recent and significant. Many Coalition MPs and Ministers will be wondering how they can save face and pull back at this late stage. There is one way: publish the Department of Health’s Risk Register.

New Open Europe briefing: Bringing EU regional policy back to the UK could save £4.2 billion

New Open Europe briefing: Bringing EU regional policy back to the UK could save £4.2 billion

The Daily Telegraph: UK could save £4bn on EU regional aid