14 September 2010

Everything in politics

1. 10.23am David Miliband
   

   Time to make a stand on cuts?

   Poll

   Labour leadership contender David Miliband last night
   refused to say whether he would join a trade union rally against the British government's proposed spending cuts. Would you take part?

2. 10.00am Road transport

   Public transport needs a hero city

   Owen Hatherley: Major UK cities are put to shame by the metros of Europe. Let's create the Milton Keynes of public transport
3. 9.50am Education policy
   

   Michael Gove's leg-up for poor kids is worth a try

   Michael White: I'm doubtul schools will want to give admissions priority to children from poor families – but I'd be happy to be proved wrong
4. 8.43am UK news
   

   Politics live blog - Tuesday 14 September

   Join Andrew Sparrow for rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen

5. 8.41am London

   London housing crisis: the disappearance of homes for social rent

   Dave Hill: The percentage of london housing available for social rent has fallen dramatically since in mid-Eighties

6. 8.00am Drugs
   

   Cannabis should be licensed and sold in shops, expert says

   Leading cannabis researcher calls for legalisation with controls similar to alcohol and tobacco

7. 8.00am Pope Benedict XVI
   

   Steve Bell's If... The pope takes wing

   Cartoon

   Steve Bell's If...

8. 7.50am Development data
   

   Search the world's development and aid data here

   See how you can use our site to find the world's top aid and development data

9. 7.45am Global development
   

   Nick Clegg vows to lead way in new global poverty fight

   Deputy prime minister to tell UN that Britain's aid programme will prioritise women in developing countries

10. 7.00am Free schools
    

    We have the right to know everything about free schools

    Why are freedom of information requests for funding and admissions details of these planned schools being stonewalled?
11. 7.00am Cycling
    

    Southport: the bike-friendly seaside resort

    Alex Veitch: As well as a municipal cycle-hire scheme, the town's station has plentiful and secure bike parking, says the Association of Train Operating Companies

12. 6.00am Public services policy
    

    The future is local: shift power away from the centre, says commission

    All-party 2020 group declares a new model of public services must emerge from the ashes of the coalition's spending cuts
13. 6.00am Ethical and green living
    

    Nottingham named England's least car-dependent city

    Nottingham's investment in cycle tracks, a tram network and buses made it the top ranking city for green transport

14. 5.00am Michael Gove

    Gove plans to let schools prioritise poorer pupils over middle class

    Education secretary believes move will encourage free schools in poorer areas – but may face opposition from well-off parents
15. 1.58am Tony Blair

    Liberty medal awarded to Tony Blair

    Former British prime minister honoured in Philadelphia for role in conflict resolution, in particular Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement
16. 12.15am Politics

    Diary

    Hugh Muir: Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Richard Balfe, over to you
17. 12.05am Free schools

    Gove should delay creating more academies and free schools

    Letters: There will be an upper tier of successful schools, mainly in affluent middle-class areas, and a lower tier of struggling schools, mainly in poorer working-class areas
18. 12.05am Thomas Bingham

    Bingham's searing Chagos opinion

    Letters: Lord Bingham's opinion was a model of brevity, succinctness and clarity
19. 12.05am Public sector cuts

    This is now a war against the north

    Letters: The idea that 'state dependency in the north-east' is 'not only unaffordable but unhealthy' and by implication is somehow the fault of the region is both offensive and inaccurate
20. 12.04am Tax and spending

    Scaremongering over spending cuts

    Letters: Mrs Thatcher prefaced her assault on public spending and the unions with handsome pay increases for the police, the armed forces and the judiciary
21. 12.01am Ann Widdecombe

    In praise of … Ann Widdecombe

    Editorial: It's time to discuss her transition from toxic Tory diehard to living national treasure. Consider the evidence...
22. 12.01am TUC

    Trade unions: stuck in the present

    Editorial: The unions have important things to say on cuts, but to get a hearing from middle Britain, they will have to learn its language
23. 12.01am TUC

    Unions cannot afford tactical errors in fight against coalition's cuts

    Michael White: As the TUC meets in Manchester, its members know they must capitalise on a golden chance to win support

24. 12.01am Politics
    

    Steve Bell on the government's push for fixed term parliaments

    Cartoon

    Steve Bell imagines the Queen asking for the introduction of fixed term monarchies

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