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Londoners must join forces for the Battle of Barking to stop BNP

16.11.09
Earlier this year, while preparing a Radio 4 series on Britishness, I spent a day in Leicester interviewing its citizens about national identity... more

Margaret Hodge: I'll drive BNP's Nick Griffin out of Barking

16.11.09
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... more

US embassy wins listed status

22.10.09
US Embassy in Grosvenor Square has been protected with listed status, it has emerged... more

Ann Keen's answer to expenses question: Get stuffed

16.10.09
Five London MPs are refusing to say if they are being asked to repay part of their Commons expenses... more

Hodge rejoins Cabinet after husband's death

22.09.09
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Lady Scotland fights for survival as Brown plots mini-reshuffle

21.09.09
Attorney General Baroness Scotland is battling to save her job as it emerged that Gordon Brown is preparing to carry out a mini-reshuffle... more

Classical music with a twist - it's the Proms' forte

17.07.09
As ever, there is a real excitement around the start of the BBC Proms festival. The star conductors and soloists on display, the glittering procession of orchestras, the unique atmosphere: it's a reminder that summer really is here - whatever the weather... more

MPs' expenses - what your MP claimed - A-H

18.06.09
List of London MPs' expenses... more

London MP claims public money for Labour party HQ

29.05.09
London MP caught in a new expenses row after Evening Standard investigation finds she has been using taxpayers' cash to fund her constituency party... more

I raised the alarm about family 15 years ago. I still want answers

22.05.09
Every time I have seen Lord Laming, the Government’s favourite child protection “expert”, wheeled out since Baby Peter’s death I have gritted my teeth... more

I raised the alarm about Baby P family 15 years ago. I still want answers

22.05.09
Every time I have seen Lord Laming, the Government’s favourite child protection “expert”, wheeled out since Baby Peter’s death I have gritted my teeth... more

Baby Labour

22.04.09
Georgia Gould isn’t the only child of a Labour dynasty making her mark in politics. Emily Hill reveals the other holders of famous names following the family tradition... more

London MPs face pay probe as they prepare to pocket 9% increase

31.03.09
A full inquiry into the scandal of MPs' pay and perks was speeded up as dozens of London MPs were set to pocket an inflation-busting rise of more than nine per cent... more

Trust me, Gordon, loyalty’s in my DNA

03.03.09
Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman hails from a world of privilege but she’s courting the party’s rank and file with a Left-wing agenda – and bookies are backing her to succeed Brown... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09
A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more

Dame Liz Forgan to lead Arts Council

15.12.08
Arts Council England is set to be run by a woman for the first time in its history... more

Tube is dreadful and I like taking holidays in Italy, says tourism minister

03.09.08
Tourism Minister Margaret Hodge came under fire after calling Tube travel "dreadful" and British hotels expensive and poor quality... more

'Royal Crescent' of East End to be demolished

01.07.08
A dilapidated east London council block faces demolition after Heritage Minister Margaret Hodge resisted a last-minute campaign by leading architects to have it listed... more

The negative equity map

14.04.08
The London postcodes at greatest risk from the housing crisis can be revealed today... more

Playing in the rain

27.03.08
Embracing the rain, Amjad Ali Khan's 'unrehearsed' Indian classical music concert at The Wigmore Hall ended on a spectacular note, says Simon Broughton.... more

The concert craze has only just begun

19.03.08
Daniel Barenboim sold out the Festival Hall eight times over with his Beethoven piano cycle. With demand for classical music at an all-time high, it's no wonder London is gaining two new halls.... more

Top architects in fight to save East End block of flats

07.03.08
Leading architects are fighting to save a dilapidated concrete council block from demolition because they think it is reminiscent of the Royal Crescent in Bath... more

You just don't get the point of the Proms, Mrs Hodge

05.03.08
Margaret Hodge berates the Last Night of the Proms for being exclusive. She is right. The Proms exclude the majority of the English who have no time for classical music... more

Hodge: 'Proms are wrong kind of British'

04.03.08
Arts minister Margaret Hodge came under fire today after she attacked the Proms for failing to promote Britishness beyond a narrow audience... more

Crystal Palace dinosaurs are preserved in stone

07.08.07
Victorian dinosaur sculptures in a London park have joined Buckingham Palace as a Grade I-listed monument.... more

Viking treasure worth £1m goes on display

19.07.07
A £1million collection of Viking artefacts, discovered by two amateur treasure-hunters using metal detectors, has been unveiled at the British Museum.... more

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