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30 December 2014 Last updated at 01:18

Thatcher explored education overhaulOliver Letwin's memo released by the National Archives

Margaret Thatcher explored plans to overhaul the structure of English education when she was PM, files released by the National Archives show.

Houses of Parliament in LondonCBI wants 2015 focus on deficit cut

Reducing the deficit must be the top priority for the government in 2015, the employers' group the CBI says - as it also urges radical changes to preserve public services.

Nick Clegg during October's Lib Dem party conferenceClegg: Ignore election mud-slinging

Nick Clegg says the Lib Dems will stand up for "optimism, not division" in the run-up to May's general election.

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Mark D'Arcy Article written by Mark D'Arcy Mark D'Arcy Parliamentary correspondent

The next Parliament: Coalition 2.0 or confidence and supply?

19 December 2014

It is beginning to dawn on MPs and peers quite how difficult it is likely to be to govern after the next election.

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Nick Robinson Article written by Nick Robinson Nick Robinson Political editor

UKIP - power struggle, not soap opera

15 December 2014

All the bizarre news stories that have emerged from UKIP in recent days reflect a power struggle within a party that aspires to hold the balance of power after the next election.

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James Landale Article written by James Landale James Landale Deputy political editor

Autumn Statement: Osborne's political balancing act

2 December 2014

George Osborne's challenge is simple to explain but hard to achieve. He will want to use the poor borrowing figures to try to convince voters that the recovery is still too fragile to risk any change of government. But he will want to avoid voters concluding that his failure to fix the deficit at the pace he intended means that it might be time to give Labour a go.

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