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Diane Abbott HobNob gag sees BBC show axed

28.10.09

The BBC's This Week show has been taken offline after Diane Abbott was referred to as a chocolate HobNob biscuit.... more

The way for more women MPs is already open

21.10.09

David Cameron says his party would intervene in the final candidate selections before the general election to ensure more women become MPs. For some local activists it is contentious but from where I am standing as a Conservative candidate in Islington South and Finsbury the picture has already changed... more

Gordon Brown should beware the great MPs' backlash

14.10.09

What is it with them? The former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this week issued an apology for her mistaken expenses so grudging she really does seem to believe she is the major victim of this demeaning affair... more

Back down on expenses, MPs warn sleaze chief

13.10.09

MPs move to rebuff demands for them to pay back thousands of pounds in expenses as Harriet Harman urges backbenchers to mount campaign to persuade Sir Thomas Legg to back down... more

Revealed: What top Cabinet ministers have to repay

13.10.09

Top Cabinet ministers paid back hundreds of pounds in expenses deemed been 'excessive' by sleaze watchdog Sir Thomas Legg... more

Widdecombe: David Cameron wrong on candidate selection

21.08.09

Senior Tory Ann Widdecombe launches attack on David Cameron's attempts to modernise the Conservatives... more

Cameron: I will be judged on getting Britain out of debt

21.08.09

David Cameron declared that lowering Britain�s deficit would 'make or break my government'... more

Would-be Speakers line up for contest

22.06.09

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Speaker rivals pledge (slight) change to restore public trust

22.06.09

A sombre House of Commons accepted the need for cautious reform as MPs gathered to choose a new Speaker in the wake of the expenses scandal... more

Bank of England must be put back in charge

17.06.09

The role of the Bank of England is unclear. It sets interest rates, certainly, but its role beyond that is anyone�s guess... more

Conservative MPs say they will vote for Beckett to stop Bercow becoming Speaker

15.06.09

The battle for a new Speaker heated up when Tory MPs indicated they would stand behind Margaret Beckett to stop frontrunner John Bercow... more

Ann Widdecombe makes bid to become new Speaker

11.06.09

Ann Widdecombe has joined the race to be Speaker of the House of Commons, saying she wanted to "clean up the place"... more

Single men buying children for �15,000 at 'baby factory'

08.06.09

A surrogacy clinic in India is advertising babies for sale to single men in Britain... more

Women in the Garrick? It would only spoil our fun

26.05.09

The older I get, the more perverse I grow. It's really very alarming... more

Huge demand for �cashpoint cops� leads to two-day wait

07.05.09

A service run by Met police in which officers escort vulnerable members of the public home from cash machines has been inundated with so many requests that there is now a two-day wait... more

'Cashpoint cops' escort customers home from banks

06.05.09

The Met is offering to escort home people worried about being robbed in the street after they withdraw cash from their bank or post office... more

Rebels in the vote

01.05.09

The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members... more

Blair told to back down after calling on Pope to rethink his view on gays

08.04.09

Tony Blair came under fire for urging the Pope to rethink his "entrenched" attitudes towards homosexuality... more

Trouble over Gordon Brown's plan to let royal heirs wed Catholics

27.03.09

Gordon Brown was hit by a backlash against plans to tackle discrimination against Catholics and women in royal succession laws... more

I�m over 50 but you ain�t seen nothing yet

29.01.09

The future is scary, especially for working women, who are losing jobs faster than men in the recession... more

Ken Clarke 'is most rebellious Tory MP'

08.01.09

Ken Clarke's hopes of a return to the shadow cabinet were dealt a blow by a study showing he is the most rebellious Tory MP... 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

Christianity and Celebrity Big Brother for Channel 4

12.11.08

A series exploring alternative views on Christianity will spearhead Channel 4's winter season of programmes... more

Gordon and Jamie can keep swearing says C4 boss

12.11.08

The head of Channel 4 said he would not "rein in" celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver over their use of the F word... more

Jo Brand's tell-by date

01.09.08

When Jo Brand is good she is very, very good and she was toweringly good when it came to romance and food, says Bruce Dessau. ... more

No charges over C.diff outbreak that killed 90

30.07.08

Hospital bosses will not be charged over Britain's worst superbug outbreak which led to the deaths of 90 patients... more

Golf needs Tiger like King Lear has to have a monarch

20.06.08

Anyone unsure about the crushing grip a certain golfer exerts over his sport are hereby directed to the Betfair website, where the current 12-1 favourite for next month's Open Championship is Tiger Woods. Ernie Els, who is actually expected to play, is next best on 14s. ... more