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Yvette Cooper heads Miliband's rising women

29.09.11
Yvette Cooper was cheered as the Labour 'conference darling' as Ed Miliband prepared to promote a string of women to his top team... more

David Cameron must get back to being the great moderniser

31.08.11
The Tories have not swung back to the Right, as some fear, yet voters need to be assured that they are in touch... more

Alan Johnson named shadow chancellor over Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper

08.10.10
Ed Miliband stamps his authority on Labour’s economic policy by surprisingly naming Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor... more

Ed Miliband's new Labour frontbench team to be announced

07.10.10
Labour's new frontbench team will be disclosed as the winners of the shadow cabinet election are announced... more

Reform must not kill City’s golden goose

16.06.10
George Osborne’s plans for regulatory reform could set him on a collision course with the financial sector once more... more

Talks to save peace process in Northern Ireland after Iris Robinson sex scandal

12.01.10
Talks are called to save the Northern Ireland peace process from breakdown over the Iris Robinson sex scandal... more

A courtly battle for the ear of King Gordon Brown

08.07.09
Picture, if you will, an embattled political leader, in the crossfire of advice from warring advisers... more

Holidaying MPs afraid to admit they’re taking exotic breaks

08.07.09
MPs are refusing to own up to holidays outside Europe this summer in the wake of public fury over their expenses... more

Miliband accused of disloyalty after new call for change

06.07.09
David Miliband was accused of undermining Gordon Brown today after he declared that voters want to hit the “fast-forward button”... more

Miliband's slip names Alan Johnson as leading man to replace Brown

09.06.09
Alan Johnson is still "the leading contender" to replace the Prime Minister, David Miliband declared... more

BREAKING NEWS: John Hutton is to stand down

05.06.09
Defence Secretary John Hutton is to stand down from the Government for "family reasons" after approaching the Prime Minister some time ago... more

Ministers back October poll after expenses clean-up

22.05.09
An Autumn general election is a growing prospect as Gordon Brown maps out his political fight-back, the Standard has learned... more

Brown must seize the initiative on expenses

11.05.09
First it was Government ministers who underwent the humiliation of having their expenses exposed to public view. Now it is the Tories' turn, with the publication today of details of their claims... more

MPs: of course they are all in it for the money

11.05.09
The devil, as a wise man said, is in the detail. "Two Bogs" and his splintering toilet seats; Shaun Woodward and his £1.06 Asda pizza; the junior minister's Jaffa Cakes, it goes on... more

Jacqui, we’re all on the gravy train

30.03.09
The row over the Commons gravy train deepened as Jacqui Smith and other MPs were revealed to be claiming the maximum or near to the limit allowed for second homes... more

Town comes to a halt for funeral of shot policeman

13.03.09
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the Northern Ireland policeman murdered by dissident Republicans... more

Ministers admit: 'We pay our husbands and wives'

12.03.09
Nearly 30 members of the Government employ their family at the taxpayer's expense, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Widow of PC murdered by the IRA pleads: What did he die for?

10.03.09
The killers of a policeman lured to his death in an IRA splinter group trap were condemned as “traitors” to Ireland... more

Soldier killed by IRA was in Spurs trials

09.03.09
A London soldier shot dead by the Real IRA had trials with Tottenham Hotspur, it has been revealed... more

Brown: Soldiers' deaths will not shake the peace

09.03.09
Gordon Brown has visited the place where two soldiers were murdered and declared the peace process was "unshakeable"... more

IRA military campaign has ended say monitors

03.09.08
The IRA is "withering away" and its ruling Army Council is now redundant, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward says... more

Angry motorists could force Darling U-turn

27.05.08
Cabinet minister John Hutton gave a strong hint that the Treasury will back away from plans to raise car taxes for millions of drivers... more

Wanted: a cunning plan to save Gordon

21.05.08
As tomorrow's by-election in Crewe threatens another Labour defeat, the PM's supporters are divided on how he should fight back ... more

Tale of Irish troubles

29.06.07
Mojo Mickybo follows two childhood friends through the Troubles but rather than being weighed down, the tone is one of sunny nostalgia... more

Ebay under attack over festival ticket sales

18.05.07
Music minister Shaun Woodward has criticised internet auction site eBay for failing to withdraw Radio One music festival tickets being traded... more


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