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Britain can expect a budget within 50 days should the Conservatives win the General Election.
David Cameron made the pledge at an event at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf this morning as he outlined the Tories' plans to bring the UK out the current economic slump.
Tower Hamlets Council cabinet member Anwara Ali has left Labour for the Tories, saying she has become "disillusioned" with the party's NHS reform.
The Bow West councillor's defection will come as a blow to the ruling party, as the GP was lead member for health and well-being in the borough.
Jim Thornton wants you to think independently.
The property manager and former Conservative broke away from the Blues in 2007, and wants Poplar and Limehouse voters to consider alternatives to the party machines this summer.
Iain Duncan Smith's bid to lead the country from the inside ended with his removal from the Conservative party leadership in 2003.
The politician is now trying to influence Britain from the political fringes, at the helm of the Centre for Social Justice think-tank.
The Government is refusing to bow to pressure in bringing forward an increase in retirement age following the recession.
At the Conservative Party conference, George Osborne unveiled proposals to raise the age of state pensions for men to 66 from 2016, eight years ahead of the current Government's proposals.
MP Jim Fitzpatrick held a press conference in Canary Wharf this week to refute allegations of Islamophobia. The Wharf reports from the East Wintergarden
The press conference was for Bangladeshi media only, but a small group of politicians were outside anyway.
Some were taking pictures against the window, hands outstretched in a show of mock confusion. One pushed away the blocking arm of a man at the door, and strode into the doorway.
By John Biggs
We are of course all concerned about the economy but different political parties have different solutions for dealing with it.
The next few months will clarify whether the worst is over, and in the next few years we will understand whether we made the right choices.
Poplar and Canning Town MP Jim Fitzpatrick has moved from transport to agriculture.
The former firefighter arrives at DEFRA following the resignation of Jane Kennedy, who left after she was unable to confirm her support for embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
In The Loop (15)
Sharp political satire
5/5
"In The Loop removes the mythical sheen from the political world, revealing the haplessness, tedium, confusion and slime huddled underneath."
