Andrew Grice

Andrew Grice

Andrew Grice has been Political Editor of The Independent since 1998. He was previously Political Editor of The Sunday Times, where he worked for 10 years, and he has been a Westminster-based journalist since 1982. His column, Inside Politics, appears in The Independent each Saturday. .

Andrew Grice: Restless backbenchers are a problem for all three party leaders

Inside Westminster

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Labour leader Ed Miliband is now 57 days into his job, and some MPs mutter the words 'drift' and 'vacuum'

Andrew Grice: Ed Miliband needs to come up with some eye-catching ideas fast

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Inside Politics: When Ed Miliband returns from his two-week paternity leave on Monday, he will have a lot of work to do – and quickly. It may be a long haul until the next general election, but party leaders are often defined in the voters' eyes in their first 100 days in office.

Andrew Grice: The Civil Service is back – and the Coalition doesn't like it

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Benchmarks and milestones are in, but they look like slimmed-down targets by another name

For some Labour figures, the deep cuts announced by George Osborne on Wednesday make the austerity of the Thatcher era a tempting parallel

Has Osborne just completed the Thatcherite revolution? (Not that he'd ever want to admit it)

Friday, 22 October 2010

Andrew Grice: Nick Clegg has repeatedly assured us that the spending cuts will not involve a repeat of the 'slash and burn' approach of the Thatcher government in the 1980s, when poorer regions of Britain were left to sink or swim.

Eric Pickles settled early with the Treasury, as many painful decisions will be 'devolved' to local authorities

Andrew Grice: In the end, it was all a bit less bloody than they feared at start

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Contrary to expectations, the Star Chamber did not have to hold any minister's feet to the fire.

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