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| "Stupid woman!" - William Hague PMQs special: Party funding mayhemPMQs verdict: Battered and bruised, but Miliband's winning the long game Miliband's announcement of reforms to party funding wasn't enough to defend him against Cameron, but he's in the right place to win the long game. 'Stupid woman!' Hague under fire for 'sexist' PMQs jibe William Hague has revived accusations of Tory sexism by calling a Labour MP a "stupid woman" during prime minister's questions. No deal: Partisanship trumps party funding progress in PMQs cauldron David Cameron and Ed Miliband roundly rejected each other's 'offers' to fix the party funding crisis in an especially hostile prime minister's questions this lunchtime. PMQs as it happened David Cameron continued his coruscating attacks on the Labour-union fiasco in PMQs this lunchtime. Review how Ed Miliband coped here. Union leader: Just 10% of our members would join Labour The size of the challenge facing Ed Miliband was thrown into stark relief this morning, after a prominent union leader warned just ten per cent of his members would be likely to join Labour. More MilibandComment: Miliband's great gamble will fail either way Ed Miliband's move to shake up the trade unions' relationship with Labour looks to be simultaneously his strongest and weakest moment as party leader. Miliband shocks Westminster with MPs' second jobs announcement Ed Miliband caused major ripples in Westminster this lunchtime, with a speech on Labour's union funding which raised the prospect of new restrictions on MPs' second jobs. Ed Miliband union funding speech in full Read Ed Miliband's historic speech on union funding - in full and unedited. Everything you need to know about the Labour-union row in five minutes Ed Miliband is being both bold and stupid. That is what those in the world of Westminster diplomatically refer to as 'courageous'. Meanwhile...So this is what it takes: Whitehall infighting prompts honest report about civil service reform failures Frustrated coalition ministers are escalating their war with civil service mandarins today, with an unusually honest report admitting its failures over the last 12 months. It's official: The rich are getting poorer and inequality is falling The gap between the rich and the poor is falling due to changes in taxes and benefits, official figures have revealed. 'Are you hiding something?' Threats from Westminster after 71-year-old's video outrage Anger is growing in Westminster as a local authority continues to drag its feet and prevent its council meetings from being filmed. Offshore wind 'blown off course' Britain is heading towards a 'worst of all worlds' outcome on offshore wind, a think-tank has warned. | ESRC: Women worldwide know less about politics than menWomen living in the world’s most advanced democracies and under the most progressive gender equality regimes still know less about politics than men. Indeed, an unmistakable gender gap in political knowledge seems to be a global phenomenon, according to a ten-nation study of media systems and national political knowledge funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). IET: Pioneering work to establish intelligent building standardsPioneering work to develop standards of good practice for protecting intellectual property and the design and operation of building systems has been launched by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). BHA: Muslim free school plans abandoned by DfE following extremism fearsPlans to open a Muslim free school in Halifax this September have been abandoned by the Department for Education (DfE) after concerns were raised over extremism. DHT: Oncology researchers awarded DHT summer studentshipsThe Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) has named Professor Eric Blair at the University of Leeds and Professor Oliver Hanemann at Plymouth University as recipients of the 2013 DHT Summer Studentship awards. NASUWT: Overwhelming support for actionChris Keates, general Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, speaks after the rally in Liverpool on the day of strike action in schools across the north-west... Voice Cymru welcomes new education ministerVoice: the union for education professionals – which represents teachers, education support staff and nursery professionals across Wales and the UK – has welcomed the appointment of Huw Lewis as Minister for Education and Skills. RSPCA - Animals treated like rubbish - pets dumped in bins, boxes and bucketsThe RSPCA have reported an alarming increase in animals being abandoned across England and Wales. |
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