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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Sparrow

Worth a look – politics articles we like

Andrew Grice in the Independent says that Labour is to refine its message about "Tory cuts" because ministers think voters believe that cuts would have to be implemented whoever wins the election.

Jill Sherman in the Times says that seven Whitehall departments are involved in a row with the Treasury about the funding of the government's £1.5bn social housing programme.

Sue Cameron in the Financial Times says that Lord Mandelson's new beefed-up business department is so big that it doesn't know what it's in charge of.

Fraser Nelson at Coffee House on what happened after he wrote a blog accusing Ed Balls of lying about the government bringing down national debt.

And Hopi Sen on his blog says that Balls wasn't lying.

While Bagehot at Economist.com says that the way Balls and Gordon Brown use figures is "dodgy and dishonourable", but that this does not necessarily make them liars.

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