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‘Women wreck their careers by taking a year’s maternity leave’

15.10.09
Women are wrecking their chances of making it to the top by taking their full 12 months maternity leave, a high-flying female financier has warned... more

US church volunteers barred from Britain under terror law

29.06.09
A group of religious volunteers who saved for a year to visit Britain were left in tears after they were turned away under "anti-terror" rules... 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

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

Even Gordon would lose his seat

25.07.08
Gordon Brown lose his own seat if the jaw-dropping 22 per cent swing at Glasgow East were to be repeated at a general election... more

If we don't get tough on knives, the young will

02.07.08
Never have I seen my working-class neighbours as angry as they are about the motiveless murder of Ben Kinsella... 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

'Most of our children have been mugged'

04.03.08
Almost every teenager in a north London constituency has been mugged, a Labour MP has warned... more

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