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Spouses ban will mean policing bedrooms, claims Flint's husband Official: housing crash on the way With building trade in a slump, it is just playing politics to call for 240,000 new homes

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Spouses ban will mean policing bedrooms, claims Flint's husband

04.11.09
'Bedroom police' will be needed to check up on MPs if the ban on them employing spouses goes ahead, the husband of a former minister said... more

The Thick of It returns - but which hapless minister is Rebecca Front portraying?

27.10.09
Voters delight, politicians duck for cover: The Thick of It is back. Never can there have been a better time to take apart the preening control freakery of the classe politique... more

Day 2 at the Labour conference

29.09.09
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I can’t see any ‘equal opportunities’ for the throne

19.06.09
One of the oldest established forms of sex discrimination, the practice of ­ignoring girls in favour of boys in family succession permeates the royals... more

Clan Kinnock and their Euro jackpot

12.06.09
After losing two general elections, the Kinnocks moved to Europe and prospered. Now they’re back — but will they save or sink Labour?... more

Women lack that ruthless lust for power

09.06.09
Caroline Flint, the former Europe minister, is angry at the shortage of powerful women in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet... more

Airing of old schlock at Summertime Ball

08.06.09
From the moment opener Katy Perry appeared dressed as a Cath Kidston handbag at Capital FM Summertime Ball, there were moments to savour.... more

The least effective assassination bid ever

08.06.09
One question stalks the foiled attempt on Gordon Brown's political life: why was it so singularly inefficient?... more

Gordon Brown accused of 'fear and smears'

08.06.09
Gordon Brown was clinging on despite another ministerial resignation and savage attacks on his leadership... more

Women Against Gordon outnumber few who keep faith

04.06.09
The WAGs are coming for Gordon. In the Prime Minister’s turmoil, a striking fact is how many of Labour’s senior female ranks are now in at the kill. “Women Against Gordon” is the name they have privately given themselves... more

Flint admits: I haven't read Lisbon Treaty

31.03.09
The Minister for Europe has caused uproar by admitting she did not read the highly controversial Lisbon Treaty... more

Don’t tax fat people who scoff chocs – laugh at them

13.03.09
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Ministers admit: 'We pay our husbands and wives'

12.03.09
Nearly 30 members of the Government employ their family at the taxpayer's expense, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Council tenants face losing their right to a 'home for life'

10.11.08
Council tenants may lose their right to a home for life under reforms being considered by ministers... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

Energy bills rocket by up to £250 but Brown pledges housing help

29.08.08
More than 600,000 families in London and the South-East have been hit by energy bill increases of up to 34 per cent... more

Labour's eco-towns are shrinking rapidly

19.08.08
Labour's flagship "eco-towns" plan has been delayed amid fears that there is a lack of applicants for the housebuilding expansion... more

Council chiefs want power to offer mortgages

15.08.08
Town hall chiefs in London are drawing up proposals to offer mortgages to thousands of families struggling to buy a home... more

Homes crisis grows as orders for repossession rise by 25%

15.08.08
Soaring numbers of families face losing their homes after repossession orders jumped by a quarter... more

Minister: Stamp duty break may not work

08.08.08
A stamp duty "holiday" may fail to help the housing market recover, a senior minister has admitted... more

Government bails out builders by buying houses they can't sell

16.07.08
Ministers have unveiled plans to buy up homes which housebuilders hit by the global economic downturn are unable to sell... more

Developers to get cash boost for affordable homes

02.07.08
Big developers are to be given more cash in advance to help them carry on building affordable homes through the credit crunch... more

Revealed: the biggest new homes crash in 70 years

23.06.08
A new survey says house building in London has ground to a virtual halt and collapsing confidence threatens the capital's rejuvenation... more

Town halls fear two million families will need social housing

16.05.08
Up to two million families could be on the waiting list for social housing within two years, town hall leaders have warned... more

The big squeeze just got tighter

14.05.08
Homeowners hoping for another rate cut have been dealt a painful blow by the Bank of England's latest inflation report... more

Official: housing crash on the way

13.05.08
Minister's blunder reveals secret paper predicting 10% fall in house prices this year ... more

Lenders are tightening screw in bad debts battle

25.04.08
Lenders are rushing to secure loans and credit-card debt against houses, says the Ministry of Justice... more

With building trade in a slump, it is just playing politics to call for 240,000 new homes

25.04.08
Never mind the economics, it's the votes that count... more

Ex-HBOS boss to boost outlook for mortgages

09.04.08
The Treasury appoints ex-HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby to head an emergency review of the mortgage market... more

House price bombshell

08.04.08
A slump in house prices five times worse than expected has rocked the property market... more

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