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War on Right-wing racism launched in ‘vulnerable’ areas

14.10.09
Ministers launch £12 million scheme to combat the spread of Right-wing extremism amid fears that the recession could create rising social tensions... more

Minister kills off Ugly Sisters in blow to Boris

09.10.09
£1billion scheme to build three towers next to the London Eye was today banned by the Government... more

Council tax to be frozen in London as Labour faces wipeout

02.10.09
EXCLUSIVE: Millions of Londoners will get a council tax freeze next year after Labour unveiled a last-ditch move to avoid wipeout in the capital... more

Belly laughs at ‘diversity’ night but dancers hide before Harman arrives

29.09.09
Labour heavyweights let their hair down at their party conference’s annual diversity night... more

Mega-church appeal fails

04.09.09
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Public sector staff warned 'gold-plated pensions are over'

26.08.09
Millions of public sector workers face having their pensions cut or being forced to increase their contributions... more

£3 million fund to regenerate High Streets

13.08.09
Government announces details of a £3 million fund to help regenerate high streets hit by the recession ... more

£130m Rogers extension to British Museum is blocked

24.07.09
Proposals for a £130million modernist extension to the British Museum have been thrown out... more

Minister warns equality drive will cost votes

01.07.09
Cabinet minister John Denham warns that Harriet Harman's equalities campaign risks alienating middle-class voters... more

The reshuffle: Ups, downs and digging in

05.06.09
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Colleges chief resigns over funding fiasco

23.03.09
The head of the college funding council resigned with a £100,000 pay-off after major errors left the Government's £5billion rebuilding programme in crisis... more

Funding is slashed at top research colleges

05.03.09
Some of London's most prestigious universities will miss out on vital funding after having research grants reduced... more

It's heady, but it sure ain't rock '*' roll

10.12.08
The private-equity owner of EMI, Terra Firma, which urgently needs to generate revenue is pulling out all the stops ... more

Grants cut for 100,000 students

29.10.08
Up to 100,000 students will pay more for university after ministers slashed grants for middle-class families just weeks after they were introduced... more

Heathrow: MPs plot revolt against third runway

28.10.08
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow were threatened by a Cabinet revolt... more

Brown calls for united global action to stop banks disaster

10.10.08
World leaders are battling to stop a catastrophic economic crisis after stock markets plummeted... more

Education

08.10.08
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods. ... more

Denham hits at Oxford chief

02.10.08
The war of words over Oxbridge admissions has escalated after the Universities Secretary accused Oxford's chancellor of having "outmoded" views... more

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

24.09.08
A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools... more

Minister: Oxford is not trying to widen access

19.09.08
The war of words between Britain's elite universities and the Government escalated as Cabinet minister John Denham launched an astonishing attack on Oxford... more

Oxford 'not able to take more deprived students'

17.09.08
Oxford University has warned it cannot take many more working-class students without compromising academic standards... more

Commentary: PM's weak spot is the growing fear that he is a personal liability

15.09.08
The whirlwind mini-coup against the Prime Minister is unlikely to inflict immediate mortal damage on him: its timing, the limited seniority of those behind it and the embarrassed silence of more senior internal critics ensure that... more

Minister tells Oxbridge: Do more to help poor students

11.09.08
Universities Secretary John Denham has sparked a new social class row with Oxbridge, demanding that "highly-selective" colleges do more to help poor students... more

Cheap insulation for all but no free fuel vouchers

10.09.08
Every household in Britain will get help with its fuel bill under a deal hammered out between the Government and the major energy firms... more

Firms told to boost union numbers to win state contracts

15.07.08
The Prime Minister is doing favours for the unions by ordering firms that bid for government contracts to promote membership, it was claimed... more

University isn't always the way: just ask Sir Alan

06.06.08
More students are dropping out of university than ever before - and one writer whose son did so says the education system must stop betraying them... more

Minister: We must win in South or be doomed

08.05.08
Labour must win back support in London and the South or be doomed to political failure in future, according to a Cabinet minister... more

Balls is firing blanks in the class war over our schools

09.04.08
The Labour tribe has many prejudices against the privileged but not the one that would help Britain most... more

Capital's universities hit by below-average increase in grants

06.03.08
Universities in the capital are getting below-average increases in grants from the taxpayer this year... more

Olympics jobs 'will go to Londoners'

21.02.08
Londoners will be first in line for the jobs created by the Olympics and Crossrail project, ministers pledged today... more

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