Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has defended her use of two day-release prisoners to paint her £450,000 home when they should have been doing community work... more
Jacqui Smith has opened up about the porn scandal which ended her career and has suggested her expenses were scrutinised more because she is a woman... more
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith suffered a humiliating defeat, becoming one of Labour's most high-profile casualties in the general election... more
The cost of the Government’s identity card scheme has risen to more than £5.3 billion, an official report revealed today as ministers rebuffed new calls for them to be scrapped... more
Details of Facebook messages, texts and internet gaming activity of every person in Britain will be logged under proposed new laws unveiled by Jacqui Smith... more
Football: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today the Government is "committed" to helping those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough Disaster ... more
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith defended her expenses claims amid fresh allegations that MPs are renting out flats to their own staff and fellow Parliamentarians... more
One thing that seems to have been lost in the media blizzard surrounding the Home Secretary's dodgy expenses claims is the nature of the "entertainment" that was charged by Richard Timney - Jacqui Smith's husband - to the taxpayers' account... more
Jacqui Smith was embarrassed by a campaigner who accused her of using "gimmicks" and "spin" as she launched the Government's domestic violence campaign... more
Jacqui Smith is failing to show moral "leadership" by maximising her MPs' expenses while millions suffer the recession, a former anti-sleaze chief has warned... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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