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'Stop lying about immigration' Margaret Hodge smashes Nick Griffin in Barking and tells BNP: Get out and stay out BNP's Nick Griffin: Don't come to Barking if you want diversity Margaret Hodge accused of 'copying' BNP over migrant benefits crackdown London MP claims public money for Labour party HQ

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'Stop lying about immigration'

26.09.11
Mass immigration is here to stay and politicians are 'lying' by claiming they will slash it, a senior MP says ... more

My maternity units pledge, by leader of NHS

07.07.11
The head of the NHS vows to crack down on a hospital trust where five women died in the last 18 months after treatment in its maternity units... more

Outrage as maternity centre at new hospital lies empty for months

24.05.11
A new hospital built in one of London's most deprived areas is almost entirely empty two months after work was completed... more

Banks failure to support small business deserves punishment, say MPs

20.04.11
The Government did not do enough to punish taxpayer-backed banks when they failed to hit targets for lending to small businesses, according to MPs... more

Iain Duncan Smith warns David Cameron against plan to close hospital

07.04.11
Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith today warned David Cameron against closures at a London hospital as the revolt over NHS reforms escalated... more

BNP battle in Barking is not over, warns film-maker

30.11.10
Film-maker who documented the BNP’s battle for power in Barking and Dagenham warns it was trounced but not vanquished in May’s election... more

Housing reform will turn London into middle class ghetto, says MP

25.10.10
Centre of London will become a 'middle-class ghetto' as the suburbs descend into social unrest under housing reforms, an MP warns... more

London MPs set to chair committees

28.05.10
Three London Labour MPs confirmed as frontrunners to chair key Commons committees... more

Margaret Hodge smashes Nick Griffin in Barking and tells BNP: Get out and stay out

07.05.10
BNP suffer a humiliating defeat in Barking as Margaret Hodge and Labour storm to victory with an increased vote... more

BNP's Nick Griffin: Don't come to Barking if you want diversity

21.04.10
Nick Griffin says the BNP would effectively pull up the drawbridge in Barking and Dagenham by making it an unattractive place for migrants to live... more

BNP under the microscope in A Day at the Racists

05.03.10
It's little wonder that Margaret Hodge MP is on board as a participant in one of A Day at the Racists' post-show discussions.... more

Export ban on Raphael's Head of a Muse which sold for record £29m

26.02.10
£29million Raphael drawing which sold for a world record price at auction has been temporarily barred from export in a bid to raise money to keep it in the UK... more

Charging for this car park isn't green, it's stealth

18.02.10
A thousand people flocked to Richmond Park two weeks ago to protest against plans to introduce car-parking charges. It was a polite demonstration, but it masked a real anger ... more

M4 Lucozade sign is put back in place

16.02.10
Neon advertising sign that welcomed drivers into west London for 50 years is reinstated... more

Margaret Hodge accused of 'copying' BNP over migrant benefits crackdown

04.02.10
Margaret Hodge was accused of “copying” the BNP after calling for tougher rules on migrants getting benefits... more

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

02.02.10
Labour-Tory pact to keep BNP leader Nick Griffin out of Parliament was floated by David Cameron... more

'£180-a-year fee penalises Richmond Park's poorer visitors'

22.01.10
Ministers are accused of imposing a £180-a-year stealth tax on users of Richmond Park... more

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

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

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

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

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


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