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Diane Abbott HobNob gag sees BBC show axed

28.10.09
The BBC's This Week show has been taken offline after Diane Abbott was referred to as a chocolate HobNob biscuit.... more

BNP to get free advertising on BBC for general election

23.10.09
Video: New row breaks out over BNP getting free television advertising, while Europe’s most notorious far-Right leader said BBC had given Nick Griffin a massive potential boost... more

London MPs attack BBC for inviting party leader onto Question Time

22.10.09
London MPs today led a furious backlash against the BBC for inviting the BNP onto Question Time... more

Iraq backdrop to Alastair Campbell's choice

14.10.09
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'You’re a dead man walking' MPs tell Gordon Brown

28.09.09
Prime Minister branded a 'dead man walking' as Labour Left-wingers turn on 'grumpy' Brown saying he's got until christmas... more

Harman honours Thatcher after 'airbrushing' her from distinguished list

16.09.09
Harriet Harman agreed to honour Margaret Thatcher’s achievements after apparently 'airbrushing' the first woman Premier from a government website... more

Delete innocent's DNA profiles, urges Diane Abbott

21.08.09
Hackney MP Diane Abbott is to offer advice to constituents on how to get their DNA profiles wiped from the national database after shadow immigration minister Damian Green won the battle to have his removed this week... more

Oil, Christianity and the Lockerbie bomber

21.08.09
The decision by the Scottish administration to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, is both controversial and interesting... more

Massage chair minister steps down over expenses

15.05.09
MPs expenses scandal claims its most senior scalp as Government minister steps down pending investigation... 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

Jesse Jackson: You must launch war on poverty to stop teenage killings

25.03.09
London will never defeat the scourge of teenage gang killings until it beats poverty, American civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson said... more

Charge students £6,500 a year in fees, say university chiefs

17.03.09
The debate over the future of university tuition fees began in earnest as vice-chancellors demanded the right to charge nearly £7,000 a year... more

Just keep us out of your memoirs, Ken

26.02.09
I'll do anything for a free croissant, so when Sky News asked me to do the paper review on Sunday, I said yes like a shot... more

Boris: We need more black men in teaching

05.02.09
More black men should be encouraged to pursue a teaching career to tackle London’s high exclusion rates, Boris Johnson said... 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

Migrant builders threat to Olympic 'skills legacy'

13.11.08
Promises of a "skills legacy" from the London Olympics were in doubt as it emerged that 20,000 migrant workers had registered for jobs in the main 2012 borough in th past year... more

UK immigrant records go online

20.10.08
The arrival in Britain of millions of people, including the relatives of several famous names, is recorded in a database which goes live today... more

Campaigners want Islamic comic banned from show

16.10.08
A London theatre has sparked outrage after it invited a leading member of an Islamic extremist group to perform in a stage comedy... more

Honour for capital's young black achievers

03.10.08
A young jazz musician who grew up in care is among the black teenagers honoured for achieving outstanding exam results against the odds... more

£100,000 for black film

24.09.08
Film audiences are to get the chance to see more black cinema thanks to a new £100,000 fund... more

Black mothers face a hard truth over knives

03.07.08
Walking with Ben Kinsella's bereaved sisters on Tuesday's poignant march were black men and women... more

Liberty chief threatens to sue minister over Davis 'smears'

19.06.08
Civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti has threatened to sue Cabinet minister Andy Burnham over "smears" about her links to Tory David Davis... more

Labour rebellion on post offices slashes majority

20.03.08
Five senior London Labour MPs rebelled last night in a vote against the closure of post offices... more

Evening Standard debate - video highlights

26.02.08
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What the panellists said

26.02.08
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Ken: Get Crossrail right or it could ruin London

26.02.08
London could be bankrupted if the £16billion Crossrail project is mishandled, Ken Livingstone told an Evening Standard debate.... more

Boris and Ken losing lead among 'influentials'

25.02.08
Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson are losing the support of "influential" Londoners to smaller parties, a poll reveals... more

Rambling down mean Street

06.12.06
Janet Street-Porter's autobiographical show delivers not so much a monologue as a monumental dirt-dishing bitchfest, says Bruce Dessau.... more

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