EU referendum: The purdah wars

As EU referendum fever (or exasperation, given we’ve four more months of it) sets in and campaign groups of every persuasion increase the heat, another type of ‘conflict’ has raged in the background: purdah rules and the role of the civil service. For those needing a...

Euro poll blow for Conservatives

The Conservatives look set to finish third in May’s European Elections, according to a new poll from YouGov. The survey found Labour topping the vote on 32%, with UKIP on 26% and the Conservatives on 23%. The Liberal Democrats face the prospect of losing all...