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Ed Vaizey's fight to win over the arts world

13.11.09
Interview: The Conservative firefighter, the Shadow Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey talks to Sarah Sands... more

Musicians hail U-turn on licensing

23.10.09
Music venues welcome proposed government U-turn on licensing rules ending six-year battle against legislation they 'stifled' London's live music scene... more

Ageing British rock stars to take centre stage in 2012 celebrations

21.10.09
Free concerts in Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace by stars such as the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Led Zeppelin could form part of the cultural celebrations for the 2012 Olympics... more

The Governor and banks too big to fail

21.10.09
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, may not have had a particularly good war during the credit crunch but he may yet win the peace... more

Boris Johnson attacks minister for blocking his arts job choice

08.10.09
Boris Johnson accuses Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw of acting 'outrageously' after the Government blocked the Mayor’s choice for a top London arts job... more

David Cameron's clan is now a clique: it must look beyond W11

05.08.09
This summer, senior Tories have been sent forth to soothe some anger that is festering close to home... more

Warning to Treasury over peril of cutting arts funding

16.06.09
Shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey is to tell the Treasury that cutting arts funding is "more trouble than it's worth"... more

Speaker to reveal expenses reform plans

18.05.09
Commons Speaker Michael Martin will set out expenses reform plans to MPs in a bid to quell rapidly-escalating demands for him to quit over his handling of the scandal... more

Brown ready to axe backbencher who claimed for phantom mortgage

18.05.09
Another MP was facing suspension from the Labour party after it emerged that he colluded with Commons officials to make inflated expenses claims... more

Mervyn is bold enough to speak his mind at last

26.03.09
So what's got into Mervyn King? Months of fuming and frustration at the posturing and point-scoring by politicians finally seem to have got the better of the Bank of England Governor - hence, at last, he has spoken his mind. He can do so in the knowledge his position is nigh impregnable.... more

Where the political elite go for dinner and spicy gossip

02.12.08
From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed ... more

Green light for £30m scheme to transform museumland

26.09.08
The first stage of an ambitious £30 million plan to transform London's museum district into a "shared" space for cars and pedestrians has been given the go-ahead... more

Comment: Exciting times at the Tories' feeder school

22.07.08
Think tanks surely ought to be boring. Yet when Policy Exchange held its summer party recently, guests had to crush themselves into the room... more

Putney MP is tipped for key role in Tory cabinet

14.07.08
Two high-flying Tory women MPs are expected to be drafted into the shadow cabinet as David Cameron bids to build on his "feminist" credentials and sharpens up his team to face Gordon Brown... more

Museum chiefs want tax deals to boost donations by public

25.04.08
A campaign by leading museum and gallery directors for greater charitable giving is being backed by the Tories... more

Every teenager to have night at opera in new culture drive

13.02.08
Every teenager is to get a night at the opera under government plans to offer schoolchildren five hours of culture a week... more

Internet ban on download cheats

12.02.08
People who illegally download music and films face being cut off from the web under plans being considered by ministers... more

Brown's plan to make Britannia cool again

12.02.08
London will get a national film centre and a permanent home for its fashion week under Gordon Brown's plans to revive the "Cool Britannia" spirit of new Labour... more

Chancellor's U-turn lets films off tax crackdown

08.03.07
Gordon Brown has made one of his swiftest U-turns after fears that a tax crackdown would cripple British films such as Casino Royale.... more

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