Video: European leaders were right to reject Tony Blair’s 'flamboyance' for little-known Belgian, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock said
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Video: Gordon Brown all but gives up on Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President and embarks on 'Plan B' to clinch top economic post for Britain
Care for the elderly was put at the heart of Labour’s re-election bid today with a pledge to give free help to those in most need
David Cameron was warned to expect fresh 'Turnip Taliban' revolts by local Tory associations after a would-be MP survived a deselection attempt
The City will suffer if a Tory government decides to 'disengage' from Europe, the Lord Mayor of London has suggested
Teenage yobs will be given instant penalties instead of Asbos under a Tory government, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling vowed today.
Crackdown on City risk-taking, bonuses and fraud will be a key plank of Gordon Brown's pre-election Queen's Speech, it has emerged
Government minister Margaret Hodge vowed to 'expose and expel' BNP leader Nick Griffin after it emerged he would contest her east London constituency at the general election
Harriet Harman shrugged off claims that the Queen's Speech was “window dressing” today with a vow that most of the Bills would be made law before the election.
Labour Party candidate comes under fire from the Tories after he likened the Queen to 'vermin'
The pay gap between men and women is narrowing faster in London than anywhere else in the country, figures suggest today.
Gay people face the risk of greater attack if the House of Lords continues to block a Bill banning 'homophobic hatred', former minister warns
Video: Home Secretary Alan Johnson defends bonuses paid to civil servants in the Ministry of Defence despite backlash from families of British troops killed in Afghanistan
Labour exacts revenge over the Sun’s criticism of Gordon Brown by axing Sky Sports’ exclusive rights to live TV coverage of The Ashes
Lord Mandelson deepened the row over a British soldier killed in Afghanistan today with an attack on the Sun’s 'bad taste and crude politicking'
Lord Mandelson is an 11th-hour candidate for a top Brussels post after David Miliband ruled himself out of the running
Gordon Brown faces a Labour revolt over plans to axe childcare tax breaks as nine former Cabinet ministers warned that the party risked losing the support of working mothers
Boris Johnson lashes out at shadow home secretary Chris Grayling for claiming parts of Britain suffer from crime similar to that portrayed in US TV drama The Wire
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