Parties spar over Howard's Gypsy pledges
Press Review 22 March 2005
The government has accused Michael Howard of cynical opportunism after the Tory leader spent yesterday campaigning on cracking down on illegal Gypsy and traveller camps.
Labour and Tories mount contrasting campaigns
Press Review 21 March 2005
Labour will today pledge to address parents' concerns over poor school diet while the Conservatives will continue their attack on gypsies in the latest phase of the election campaign.
Howard rejects Gypsy 'bigotry' claims
News Article 21 March 2005
Michael Howard has detailed his promise to clamp down on illegal traveller sites, denying accusations of bigotry.
Howard continues Traveller attack
News Article 20 March 2005
Conservative leader Michael Howard has continued his campaign against illegal Traveller sites.
Howard targets Human Rights Act
Press Review 18 March 2005
Michael Howard will today claim the Human Rights Act is undermining British traditions of fairness.
Political row patient has operation
Press Review 18 March 2005
Margaret Dixon, the pensioner whose cancelled surgery became the subject of a row between Labour and the Conservatives, has had her operation.
Parties spar over spending plans
Press Review 18 March 2005
Labour and the Conservatives were locked in bitter dispute yesterday over the government's claim the Tories would cut £35bn from the public services.
Labour loyalists look for safe seats
Press Review 16 March 2005
Downing Street aides to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are seeking to take advantage of a last minute surge of Labour MPs who are standing down ahead of the general election.
Tories would scrap regional fire service plan
News Article 16 March 2005
A Conservative government would scrap plans to shut down local fire control rooms and regionalise the fire and rescue service.
Labour poll lead cut
News Article 15 March 2005
Labour's poll lead has more than halved in the past month amid concerns among government backbenchers that the Tories are dominating the campaign.
Think tank praises Tory campaign
Press Review 14 March 2005
Michael Howard has succeeded in associating the Tories with "anti-politics" populism, a leading Labour thinker said yesterday.
Tories are controlling campaign claims Howard
News Article 12 March 2005
Michael Howard has claimed the Conservatives are dominating the election campaign and ready for government.
Fox claims Conservatives are confident again
Press Review 11 March 2005
Interviewed in the Times, Conservative co-chairman Liam Fox claims the Tories have "rediscovered their own ideological self-confidence".
Times backtracks in Tory row
Press Review 11 March 2005
The Times has printed a statement making clear that Conservative election chief Lynton Crosby does believe the party will win the general election.
Cameron hints on Tory manifesto
Press Review 10 March 2005
At the next election, the Conservatives will make a clean break with Thatcherism and the ideological dogma of the past, the party's policy chief said last night.
