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David Cameron: Would I sack George Osborne? Yes absolutely if I have to...

06.11.09

Tory leader David Cameron talks revealingly about colleagues, policy and the faith that guides him... more

No Minister - why tycoons like Lord Sugar just can't cut it in politics

05.11.09

This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his foot in it... more

Cameron branded ‘pathetic’ as Tory duo quit over U-turn

05.11.09

David Cameron hit by two Tory resignations and denounced as 'pathetic' and 'autistic' by the French foreign minister over his new policies on Europe... more

Now we need to see how David Cameron will deal with the EU

04.11.09

Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the Communists from power... more

Cameron pledge on referendum over Europe... but not this time

04.11.09

David Cameron pledges that 'never again' will powers be handed to Europe without a referendum of the British people ... more

David Cameron set to blame Gordon Brown in bid to avoid Treaty criticism

04.11.09

Latest: David Cameron braced for a Eurosceptic backlash as he prepared to rule out a referendum on reclaiming powers from Brussels... more

MP reforms should be implemented in full

04.11.09

Today, Sir Christopher Kelly's report on MPs' expenses, six months in the making, is unveiled... more

Hague hints at switching focus from EU to China

08.10.09

William Hague launched a savage attack on Gordon Brown's 'calculating cynicism' in foreign affairs today as he vowed a Tory government would restore Britain's pride overseas... more

Dannatt is no stooge says Hague as row over general’s role grows

08.10.09

Senior Tories were forced to defend former Army chief Sir Richard Dannatt, who is due to become an adviser to their party... more

George is too bookish

07.10.09

Doubts remain over George Osborne and his ability to step up to the job of Chancellor, should the Tories win the next election ... more

The week ahead at the Conservative conference

05.10.09

Today: Boris Johnson is guaranteed to boost morale as he kicks the week off. William Hague is drafted in to soothe fury about the Commons expenses scandal... more

Senior Lib Dem accused of Nazi slur over 'skinhead' William Hague

22.09.09

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Cameron condemns the ‘naked fraud’ of Afghan poll

09.09.09

David Cameron has privately condemned the Afghanistan election for 'naked' voting fraud... more

WORLD: William Hague fears bleak future for Bosnia

12.08.09

Urgent action is needed to prevent Bosnia being plunged back into turmoil, shadow foreign secretary William Hague warns... more

Tony Blair to be grilled on live TV over Iraq inquiry

30.07.09

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown will be grilled on live television by the official inquiry into the Iraq war, it has been revealed... more

Cameron accused over extremist party link

22.06.09

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Hague ends after-dinner speeches

15.05.09

Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague has decided to quit his outside directorships and end his after-dinner speeches, the Standard has learned... more

Senior MPs pile pressure on Speaker to fall on his sword

15.05.09

Speaker Michael Martin has come under unprecedented pressure from senior parliamentarians to quit... more

Tories will win the next election says confident Hague

29.04.09

William Hague predicted the Conservatives will win the next election - and put Whitehall mandarins on notice for sweeping changes... more

Harman's debt to Sir Fred in Labour election

06.03.09

Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, who is widely suspected of plotting to get the top job, tied herself in knots at Prime Minister's Questions this week over the fate of Sir Fred Goodwin... more

Arise Turbo-Hattie. The leader of the House had forsaken her Battenberg pastels for a neat, dark grey suit and designer spectacles, in case we needed to be reminded that she is quite smart enough for the top job (at least in her attire)... more

Trust me, Gordon, loyalty’s in my DNA

03.03.09

Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman hails from a world of privilege but she’s courting the party’s rank and file with a Left-wing agenda – and bookies are backing her to succeed Brown... more

Senior Tories earn thousands from banks they criticise

22.01.09

The Tory shadow cabinet has been raking in thousands of pounds in cash and perks from failing banks... more

Hague is new Tory No 2, putting Osborne in shade

14.01.09

David Cameron has promoted William Hague to be "my deputy in all but name"... more

Hague's golden gift of the gab

05.01.09

William Hague made between Ł65,000 and Ł95,000 from speeches and hosting award ceremonies while the country plunged into recession... more

Not a vintage time to sell off good wine

29.12.08

Remember wine? Not the anaesthetic of office parties, but Wine with a capital W like, say, first-growth clarets with swaggering names (Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion, Mouton-Rothschild) and vertiginous prices? ... more

Cameron refuses to ban his team from part-time posts

23.12.08

David Cameron came under fire after it emerged that he had agreed the shadow cabinet could keep lucrative second jobs... more

Hague must be Tories’ choice for Chancellor

17.11.08

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Hague pledges full probe into Iraq war

01.10.08

A wide-ranging inquiry into the Iraq war will be set up within days of the next Tory government taking office, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said... more