Paul Linford

Here's my annual political review of the year, published in this morning's Newcastle Journal. Until the early months of this year,...

When the history of David Cameron’s government comes to be written, the Budget delivered by Chancellor George Osborne on 21 March may well b...

Honeymoon period is doubtless an overworked term in politics – but all governments to some extent or other tend to enjoy a period of time in...

Over the past few weeks, the domestic political agenda has been dominated by the continuing fallout from what has by now surely become of th...

There is a hoary old adage in British politics that a Budget that looks good on the day invariably looks like a turkey a few weeks later. ...