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Coalition Britain

A look at the performance of Britain's first full coalition government since 1945.
  • Helen Morgan MP celebrates winning the North Shropshire by-election for the Liberal Democrats in Oswestry with Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper and former leader Tim Farron<br>Pics - Adrian Sherratt - 07976 237651 Helen Morgan MP celebrates winning the North Shropshire by-election for the Liberal Democrats in Oswestry with Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper and former leader Tim Farron (17 Dec 2021).

    The orange tide advances as Lib Dems threaten Tories on two very vulnerable fronts

    Robert Ford
    The North Shropshire by-election victory caps a remarkable turnaround for the party after nearly a decade in electoral purgatory
  • Michael Gove was the driving force behind school reform while education secretary.

    Coalition education reforms ‘fuelled inequality in schools’

    Study shows best schools take fewer children from deprived backgrounds as a result
  • Refugee on Nauru

    Ambiguity over refugee deal is tough for people who have little resilience left

    Judith Reen
    Will families be separated? Can children recover? The deal to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru in the US raises more questions than it answers
  • John Crace

    Candide Nick Clegg looks on the bright side in LBC interview

    John Crace
    Clearly suffering from post-traumatic election disorder, the former Lib Dem leader took his first steps towards recovery on Nick Ferrari’s couch
  • UK productivity growth is the lowest since the second world war.

    UK productivity growth is weakest since second world war, says ONS

    As data shows 0.2% drop in output two-thirds of leading UK economists say coalition austerity has been bad for the economy
  • Summary Britain Thinks header

    What Britain thinks: politics, the election, David Cameron and Ukip

    Battleground Britain: The Guardian is working with pollsters BritainThinks to track the mood of the nation through the general election campaign via focus groups in five key battlegrounds. Ten days into the project this is what our panel are feeling about the looming political contest
  • HMRC website page. Critics of the coalition's tax evasion crackdown fear innocent people will be snared by the new rules.

    Companies aiding tax evaders will be criminally liable

  • John Crace

    Danny Alexander and his liberated lunchbox

    John Crace
  • Stanley Baldwin

    Labour wrong that the largest party forms the government

    Letters: In 2010 Jim Murphy, as Scottish secretary, said that Gordon Brown, as sitting prime minister had the “constitutional and moral right” to try to form a government
  • The British prime minister, David Cameron and the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, answer questions from the public in 2012

    Coalition Britain in 12 charts

  • David Cameron visits Libya after the British air strikes.

    Coalition Britain: how has David Cameron affected the UK's reputation?

  • David Cameron drives a dog-sled on his way to the Scott-Turner glacier on the island of Svalbard, Norway, in 2006.

    Coalition Britain: has the ‘greenest ever’ government lived up to its promise?

    Ukip’s rise and recession pressures helped sink the environmental agenda at home – but the UK role on the international stage means all has not been lost
  • Rugby jobcentre, which has become the showcase for universal credit

    Coalition Britain: after the teething problems, will universal credit work?

    Supporters of the coalition’s flagship welfare reform programme are buoyant, but others question any conclusions, given the service has barely been tested
  • Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Blackburn

    Coalition Britain: do free schools work?

    More free schools have been established in Blackburn than anywhere in the country. We look at two institutions with very different histories
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