Ducking The Issues News Today

we will bring you more from our correspondent outside a hospital in a moment. a leading think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, has accused the main political parties of a "conspiracy of silence" over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. in its scathing assessment it said the parties were "ducking the i...

where she loved to be. an accomplished horsewoman, she played a leading part in the event. but last night, princess anne was injured on her estate, gatcombe park, in gloucestershire. its understood she was hurt after coming into contact with a horses head or legs while on a walk. in a statement, buckingham palace said... "the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion, following an incident on the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. the king has been kept closely in...

so, a real attempts by the prime minister there, i think, to show that he has a grip on this. theres been some dissent internally amongst conservatives, privately and to a degree publicly, a frustration that the prime minister hasnt been willing to do or say more, to act more to try and put a lid on all of this, because there is the prospect that there could be a dribble of further revelations in the coming days when the prime minister and other conservatives would rather talk about an...