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Joe Murphy, Political Editor

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PM backs Harman over ‘crash while she was on phone’

Harriet Harman given strong backing by Gordon Brown after she denies breaking law by crashing her car while using a mobile

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2.4m pensioners face benefit cuts to fund care at home

Two benefits currently claimed by 2.4 million pensioners may be axed to fund free personal care, the Government confirmed

Kelly blasts Labour over expenses law

Labour rocked after the man tasked with cleaning up MPs’ expenses attacked the Queen’s Speech for ignoring the issue

Too much, too late to sway the voters

Gordon Brown has finally got the fight he wanted... the only question is whether voters will bother to watch

Queen's Speech will be 'Labour pre-election press release'

Queen's Speech will be used by Labour for political point-scoring rather than sorting Britain's problems, claimed David Cameron

Old rivalries exposed as Children’s Secretary pushes his point

Once again, Alistair Darling and Ed Balls seem to be at odds on spending

Darling and Balls clash in spending row

Cabinet rivals Ed Balls and Alistair Darling are embroiled in a row over spending

Electric car plug rules relaxed

Planning rules hacked back to encourage the spread of electric cars in London and other big cities

Childcare tax relief curbs 'will hit Londoners the most'

London will lose out more than other regions in a plan to curb tax relief on childcare vouchers, it has emerged.

Tony Blair's supporters admit defeat in bid to win EU presidency

Allies of Tony Blair conced he is unlikely to win his fight to become Europe's first full-time president

Brown: Afghan war is sapping al Qaeda morale

British action in Afghanistan is inflicting 'long lasting damage' to al Qaeda’s leadership, Gordon Brown said

Cameron ‘is interfering to save Tory from being sacked’

David Cameron was accused of interfering to save a woman Tory candidate from being sacked over an affair.

Brown to limit bankers’ bonuses in Queen’s Speech

Laws to curb bankers’ bonuses and give new rights to NHS patients will be at the heart of next week’s pre-election Queen’s Speech

Brown insists Obama is committed to troops surge in Afghanistan

Barack Obama is ready to back plans for a troops surge to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown predicted today

Canada in a spin over Moggy Thatcher's death

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper came within a cat's whisker of wrongly announcing the death of Margaret Thatcher

PM uses ‘tremendous’ by-election win to set out his election stall

Video: Gordon Brown hails Labour by-election triumph in Glasgow as 'tremendous' and begins setting out battle lines for a 'big choice' general election

BBC bosses told: Dig deep to win back the Ashes

BBC bosses told to budget for a major bid to put home Ashes Tests back on free-to-air TV

Commanders of Taliban ‘will be given role in Afghan government’

Latest: British strategy to divide the Taliban by giving moderate commanders new roles in the Afghan government has been revealed in a leaked memo

Obama insists on exit strategy before sending extra troops

Barack Obama has rejected all the options put forward by advisers on the war in Afghanistan because they do not have a clear enough exit strategy, it emerged

300,000 homes get £20,000 in welfare benefits

More than 300,000 families receive welfare benefits of more than £20,000 a year, latest figures reveal

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