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Cameron's first Commons defeat

Ruth Tarrant

8th September 2015

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David Cameron's Conservative government suffered its first Commons defeat of this Parliament yesterday, over the so-called "purdah" rules which restrain government in the run-up to an election, or in this case, the EU In-Out Referendum.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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