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Young, black and with the world at their feet

28.09.09
Graduates make ethnic minority 'power list' as thirty of the country’s most promising black students tipped as politicians, bankers and business people of tomorrow... more

Planners set to topple towers in Clapham

18.05.09
A £4 billion scheme for London’s busiest railway station should be abandoned, planners have said... 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

Slipping in a line from the Blues Brothers ... it's Commons bingo

27.03.09
A London MP has lifted the lid on a Commons game where politicians slip bizarre phrases into their speeches for bets... 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

Brown faces losing 25 per cent of London seats

19.01.09
One in four Labour MPs in London are facing "wipeout" after a new Evening Standard poll found Tory support had soared... more

'Suicide' Pc had been grieving for mother

29.07.08
A popular policeman twice named the Met's community constable of the year was said to have been trying to come to terms with the death of his mother when he apparently took his own life... 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

Labour MPs under threat

02.05.08
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith tops a list including Glenda Jackson and Ruth Kelly of Labour MPs facing defeat at the next election in the wake of the town hall results... more

Shops victory as ministers pledge to save high street

27.03.08
Ministers promised changes to the planning system to help protect Britain's high streets... 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

Closure threat to Battersea fringe theatre

23.01.07
Battersea Arts Centre faces closure because of a cut in funding.... more

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