http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-26921-ann-widdecombe/topic-rss.do Ann Widdecombe RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23761802-diane-abbott-hobnob-gag-sees-bbc-show-axed.do The BBC's This Week show has been taken offline after Diane Abbott was referred to as a chocolate HobNob biscuit. 2009-10-28T12:36:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23758974-the-way-for-more-women-mps-is-already-open.do 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 2009-10-21T08:09:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23756291-gordon-brown-should-beware-the-great-mps-backlash.do 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 2009-10-14T07:48:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23755738-mps-plot-to-veto-expenses-payback.do 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 2009-10-13T07:25:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23756080-revealed-what-top-cabinet-ministers-are-being-forced-to-repay.do Top Cabinet ministers paid back hundreds of pounds in expenses deemed been 'excessive' by sleaze watchdog Sir Thomas Legg 2009-10-13T14:04:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735203-widdecombe-david-cameron-wrong-on-candidate-selection.do Senior Tory Ann Widdecombe launches attack on David Cameron's attempts to modernise the Conservatives 2009-08-21T06:23:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735596-cameron-i-will-be-judged-on-getting-britain-out-of-debt.do David Cameron declared that lowering Britain’s deficit would 'make or break my government' 2009-08-21T13:44:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710201-would-be-speakers-line-up-for-contest.do 2009-06-22T06:18:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710196-speaker-rivals-pledge-slight-change-to-restore-public-trust.do 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 2009-06-22T06:10:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23708561-bank-of-england-must-be-put-back-in-charge.do The role of the Bank of England is unclear. It sets interest rates, certainly, but its role beyond that is anyone’s guess 2009-06-17T07:57:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23707621-conservative-mps-say-they-will-vote-for-beckett-to-stop-bercow-becoming-speaker.do The battle for a new Speaker heated up when Tory MPs indicated they would stand behind Margaret Beckett to stop frontrunner John Bercow 2009-06-15T08:41:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23706229-ann-widdecombe-makes-bid-to-become-new-speaker.do Ann Widdecombe has joined the race to be Speaker of the House of Commons, saying she wanted to "clean up the place" 2009-06-11T06:19:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23704774-single-men-buying-children-for-15000-at-baby-factory.do A surrogacy clinic in India is advertising babies for sale to single men in Britain 2009-06-08T09:08:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23698314-women-in-the-garrick-it-would-only-spoil-our-fun.do The older I get, the more perverse I grow. It's really very alarming 2009-05-26T07:53:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23686693-huge-demand-for-cashpoint-cops-leads-to-two-day-wait.do 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 2009-05-07T07:31:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23686117-cashpoint-cops-escort-customers-home-from-banks.do 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 2009-05-06T07:56:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23684479-rebels-in-the-vote.do The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members 2009-05-01T08:20:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23673603-blair-told-to-back-down-after-calling-on-pope-to-rethink-his-view-on-gays.do Tony Blair came under fire for urging the Pope to rethink his "entrenched" attitudes towards homosexuality 2009-04-08T08:20:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23667947-trouble-over-gordon-browns-plan-to-let-royal-heirs-wed-catholics.do Gordon Brown was hit by a backlash against plans to tackle discrimination against Catholics and women in royal succession laws 2009-03-27T09:28:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23631052-im-over-50-but-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet.do The future is scary, especially for working women, who are losing jobs faster than men in the recession 2009-01-29T09:26:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23614944-ken-clarke-is-most-rebellious-tory-mp.do 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 2009-01-08T14:40:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595635-where-the-political-elite-go-for-dinner-and-spicy-gossip.do 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 2008-12-02T08:47:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23585637-christianity-and-celebrity-big-brother-for-channel-4.do A series exploring alternative views on Christianity will spearhead Channel 4's winter season of programmes 2008-11-12T09:20:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23585841-gordon-and-jamie-can-keep-swearing-says-c4-boss.do 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 2008-11-12T14:23:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23548119-jo-brands-tell-by-date.do 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. 2008-08-31T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23523479-no-charges-over-cdiff-outbreak-that-killed-90.do Hospital bosses will not be charged over Britain's worst superbug outbreak which led to the deaths of 90 patients 2008-07-30T13:13:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23497053-golf-needs-tiger-like-king-lear-has-to-have-a-monarch.do 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. 2008-06-20T11:05:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23494307-theres-a-lot-of-risk-in-it.do David Davis is a man determined to make a drama out of a crisis - and the consequences of his resignation today will be unpredictable and risky for the Conservative Party 2008-06-12T15:13:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23493879-no-nadine---these-perks-just-look-like-a-scam-to-us.do That the rules in Westminster and Brussels are so broadly drawn and so feebly enforced that freeloading is not technically theft in no way makes the behaviour of politicians more palatable 2008-06-11T12:14:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23481792-doherty-gets-out-of-jail-after-only-29-days.do Pete Doherty is set to be released early from prison after serving only a third of his sentence. The Babyshambles frontman is due to be freed on Tuesday, just 29 days into his 14-week jail term. 2008-05-02T11:32:57Z