Web Only: best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including why Osborne's deficit target isn't as tough as you think.
View ArticleTargets. They hurt, but (sometimes) they work
A u-turn on NHS waiting times shows the Conservatives have realised how hard it is getting things done in government
View ArticleWill this video be enough to save Rick Perry's campaign?
The Texas governor has released a campaign video rounding on Barack Obama for his "socialist" policies.
View ArticleWhy the Fortnum & Mason protesters case matters
The judge said we had not been personally intimidating, then found us guilty anyway. What now for the right to peaceful protest?
View ArticleSomething happened at the end of August to terrify policymakers
Austerity in the UK is pushing us back into recession, as it is in the eurozone.
View ArticleOsborne squeezes benefits again
Benefits will not be raised in line with September inflation in order to cut fuel duty.
View ArticleConsumers
As energy bills continue to rise and force some into fuel poverty, how best can business and government engage the consumer to educate on the needs for energy efficiency? And how much responsibility...
View ArticleEngaging the public in the energy debate
The executive director of Which? asks how we can get more consumers engaged with the big debate about the cost of energy in the future.
View ArticleQ&A with Dr Sarah Darby
The New Statesman speaks to Dr Sarah Darby, deputy programme leader of the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, about the future of consumer energy demand.
View ArticleThe real reason the UK fears an EU Tobin tax
French farmers are set fair to do well out of an European Tobin tax.
View ArticleMiliband needs entrepreneur evangelists
The Labour leader's critique of "predatory" capitalism would be more effective delivered by experienced capitalists.
View ArticleJumpers at the ready: The Killing is back
Forbrydelsen, along with other Scandi whodunits, harks back to a more artful age of crime drama.
View ArticleMy Transsexual Summer: The trouble with television
The mediums ability to improve its own minority representation is strictly limited.
View ArticleCameron and Merkel fail to progress
The pair's smiles couldn't disguise the level of disagreement.
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