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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Sparrow

Worth a look

Vincent Cable in the Independent says the government's reliance on means-testing amounts to a policy of "confiscating savings from the poor".

Frank Field, on his blog, says he feels "deep unease about the government's strategy to counter what is euphemistically called a recession".

Meanwhile, Sunder Katwala at Next Left explains why quantitative easing (or "printing money", in layman's terms) might not be as silly as it sounds.

Fraser Nelson in the Spectator asks why Gordon Brown and David Cameron have so little to say about the Middle East.

Tom Harris on his blog criticises the decision to force ministers to reveal who they have been meeting.

Andy McSmith in the Independent on why the MI5 chief, Jonathan Evans, is courting publicity.

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