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On 26th March the 0.7% of GDP that Britain gives in overseas aid was made law, binding on future governments. The UKIP manifesto proposes that this is repealed and the aid budget is slashed by two-thirds. A lot of Christians campaigned to ‘make poverty history’ and supported the UN’s 0.7% target so this issue merits some careful analysis.

The NHS is the political battleground on which May’s election is likely to be fought. The Labour leader thinks it is the Conservative’s Achilles’ heel and raises it every week in Prime Minister’s Questions. 

On Wednesday the Chancellor delivered his last Autumn Statement before next May’s general election. The purpose of the Statement is to report on the state of the economy and outline the government’s economic strategy, with detailed changes being announced in the Budget. Next year’s Budget day is too close to the prorogation of Parliament for its impact to be felt in time to influence the voters so Mr Osborne announced […]