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Nicholas Cecil, Deputy Political Editor

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Benefits cap to hit London homes hardest with 3,300 in Brent alone

More than twice as many families in one London borough will be hit by the £26,000 benefits cap as in the whole of Birmingham, it has been revealed

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London MPs unite in revolt over boundaries

Sweeping changes to the proposed new MPs' map of London are being demanded by all three major political parties

'End the capital's east-west divide in pupils applying to Oxbridge'

Schools were today told to be more ambitious for their pupils as figures showed wide variations across London in applications for places at Oxford or Cambridge

Medical chiefs back reforms as health Bill goes to Lords

Leading London medical directors today said hospitals should be allowed to carry out more private work as Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms faced a mauling in the Lords

Lib-Dems fight changes to electoral boundaries

A battle erupted today over the new map of MPs' constituencies with Liberal Democrats demanding changes for nearly half the seats in London

GPs, MPs and peers gang up on Lansley over NHS reform 'chaos'

Andrew Lansley came under more fire today as the crisis deepened over the Government's NHS reforms

NHS reform cash 'would pay for 6,000 nurses'

More than 1,000 nursing posts could be paid for in London and 5,000 more around the country if the Government ditched its NHS reforms, Labour leader Ed Miliband claim

Ashdown warning over 'Afghan retreat'

Western troops risk a "disorderly retreat" from Afghanistan, Lord Ashdown warned today in a scathing critique of the 11-year war

GPs join call for NHS Bill to be scrapped

GPs called for the Government's NHS reforms to be axed today, branding them "damaging, unnecessary and expensive"

Argentina told: Don't cut off air link to Falklands

Britain is warning Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the islands

US appears to signal early exit for troops from Afghanistan

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta sparked confusion today over whether Allied troops will be withdrawn early from a combat role in Afghanistan

Plea to holiday at home this summer and watch Games

Britons will be asked to holiday at home and watch the Olympics this summer instead of flying abroad - in a TV advertising blitz funded by the Government

Ministers will use privilege rule to force through welfare reform

David Cameron signalled that the Government is ready to force through welfare reforms in a constitutional showdown with the Lords

Move to London, Boris tells Paris banks

Boris Johnson and David Cameron urged French bankers to quit Paris and move to London in a dramatic escalation of a row with the French president

David Cameron faces new revolt over Euro court rule

David Cameron sparked a fresh Tory revolt over a deal to save the euro

'It's still a man's world, so women have to be twice as good... fortunately we are'

Parliament was hit by a new sexism row today as the outgoing Serjeant at Arms declared: "It's still a man's world."

MPs should get £100,000 like doctors, says poll

MPs could get an inflating-busting pay rise that would put them on the same level as doctors and highly paid headteachers

Terror plot suspect free for Olympics

One of the most dangerous terror suspects ever known in Britain has been freed to return to London ahead of the Olympics, MPs were told today

Raise benefits cap in London for higher living costs, says peer

A higher benefits cap should be imposed in London because of the high cost of living compared with other regions, say town hall leaders

NoW reporters 'got Milly's mobile pin from children'

The news of the World listened to Milly Dowler's voicemail after obtaining her phone number and pin from other schoolchildren, a report said

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