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Paul Waugh, Deputy Political Editor

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French accuse Tony Blair of ‘Soviet-style' propaganda in run-up to Iraq war

Tony Blair was accused by the French government of 'Soviet-style' black propaganda in the run-up to the Iraq war, secret memos obtained by the Iraq inquiry have found

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David Cameron’s A-lister Twitters against party ‘dinosaurs’

Tory party scrambling to rescue career of one of David Cameron’s favourite women candidates after her campaign for a key London seat descended into chaos

Tony Blair: Britain is obsessed with Iraq conspiracy theories

Tony Blair tells American TV viewers that Britain is fixated by 'conspiracy' theories over the Iraq war

Gordon Brown: Expenses scandal is 'scar on democracy'

Gordon Brown admits the MPs expenses scandal is a “scar” on British democracy as he warns that only a overhaul of Parliament will quell anger

Patricia Hewitt hosted dinner for BT before it made her a director

Former Cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt faces questions over her use of parliamentary hospitality as it emerged she hosted receptions for a firm that later made her a director

MP couple Andrew Mackay and Julie Kirkbride to repay £60,000 expenses

Husband and wife MPs Andrew Mackay and Julie Kirkbride are forced to repay more than £60,000 as expenses watchdogs finally cracked down on their claims for public money

Gordon Brown’s cuts ‘corrosive to armed forces’

Gordon Brown is accused at the Iraq inquiry of ignoring the welfare of troops after slashing key defence projects

'Extra £13bn a year in cuts and tax' needed to balance books

Next government will have to slash spending or hike taxes by an extra £13 billion a year to get Britain’s finances back on track, a leading independent think-tank warns

Police attack Tories over ‘misleading' use of data on violent crime

David Cameron faces fresh 'airbrushing' row after police chiefs criticised the Tory party's misuse of statistics on violent crime

Tony Blair ‘went to war because he was obsessed with his legacy’

Gordon Brown complained Tony Blair went to war in Iraq because he was 'obsessed with his legacy', former Cabinet minister Clare Short reveals

David Cameron's 'pact' with Gordon Brown over BNP

Labour-Tory pact to keep BNP leader Nick Griffin out of Parliament was floated by David Cameron

David Cameron is 'fantasy PM' for London women in their thirties

David Cameron is beating Gordon Brown in the pre-election battle for London’s thirty-something career women, a poll reveals

Tony Blair faces Iraq inquiry recall amid doubts over his answers

Ex-prime minister is expected to be recalled as unanswered questions persist over his account of the toppling of Saddam Hussein

Military chiefs ‘didn’t get time to order vital kit for Iraq war’

Britain's military top brass warned ministers that the rush to war would leave troops without proper equipment, the head of the armed forces reveal

Secret papers must be handed to Iraq inquiry, No 10 orders

Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell is under huge pressure to release papers to the Iraq inquiry after Downing Street says it wants “maximum transparency”

Lord Goldsmith: Bush administration ‘persuaded me to sanction war’

Latest: Tony Blair's attorney general gave the 'green light' for war in Iraq after meeting George Bush’s lawyers

Jack Straw ignored warnings over UN backing, says law chief

Tony Blair and Jack Straw were warned by senior government lawyers that war in Iraq would be 'contrary to international law', it has emerged

Tories: We will publish Baby P and torture boys reports

Full reports on Baby P and Doncaster torture case will be published by a Tory government, shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said

I told ministers Iraq war was illegal, says law chief

Tony Blair was warned by senior government lawyers that war in Iraq would be “contrary to international law".

Gordon Brown: Failing to prepare for Iraq post-war chaos was a mistake

Gordon Brown tries to distance himself from Tony Blair and George Bush's failure to plan for post-war chaos in Iraq

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