To succeed in age of globalisation, British manufacturers need a government that rejects laissez faire Thatcherism.

The freshly re-elected Unite general secretary tells the New Statesman that Labour will lose if Miliband is swayed by "the Jim Murphys and the Douglas Alexanders".

The targeting of Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister helps to reinforce his modernising credentials.

Her official biographer, Charles Moore, suggests not.

A welfare system that provides greater support to people when they need it most offers an alternative to the divisive pose bring struck by the coalition.

The Chancellor is on strong ground when he highlights Scotland's difficult currency options but his toxic reputation could damage the unionist cause.

The party's plan to integrate health and social care makes sense fiscally and clinically but the politics could be more difficult to navigate.

A bigger barrier today than the remaining levels of prejudice of the electorate is an exaggeration of the prejudice of the electorate by the media and political classes.

You guessed it – it’s the kids – who work 310 hours more than MPs.

A new survey shows that just one per cent of Romanians and four per cent of Bulgarians have begun to look for work in the UK and most will only migrate with a firm offer.

After repeated assaults on civil liberties by the coalition, the party's grass roots are angry, worried and very distrustful.

A focus on unity and closure is desperately needed.

A source tells the NS that the party has not decided whether to match Osborne's post-2015 spending limits and says it would be "irresponsible" to do otherwise.

By sabotaging reform of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Conservative MEPs have shown that they can't be relied upon to champion British interests in Europe.