The big issue
A week-long look at the key election issues
Low pay and high rent: is work really the route out of poverty in Tory Britain?
The big issue: Our series looking at key general election issues considers employment, with a trip to Iain Duncan Smith’s constituency, which – perhaps surprisingly – has the fifth highest proportion of low-paid workers in Britain
Heathrow and Gatwick expansion: residents campaign, parties stay silent
The big issue: Although the timetable for airport expansion has been artificially lengthened, decisions over transport infrastructure will play a part for voters in west London and Sussex
Vote who, go green? Parties diverge on how to save the planet
The big issue: Each day this week we are looking at key election issues. The environment has been neglected since Cameron’s ‘vote blue, go green’ slogan – but energy problems will be back in the spotlight in the next five years
GPs are exhausted, A&E is overrun and hospitals are broke. What went wrong?
The big issue: The coalition’s plan for a market-based healthcare system was based on a mistaken belief that doctors are driven by self-interest, experts say
