When we are told people are 'concerned about immigration', what this signals is a limited and misleading 'numbers game', says Vaughan Jones. Politicians and the media are missing the real global issues and ignoring the human cost of a failed consensus.

The Westminster Declaration, an election statement signed by a number of socially conservative Christians, has been criticised by Christian political groupings from across the spectrum.

The World Development Movement has criticised the big parties' policies on global poverty and has rated the Green Party higher than any of the others.