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Politicians reject Kelly's plan to investigate misconduct complaints

05.11.09
MPs reject key part of Sir Christopher Kelly's clean-up of Parliament by moving to curb investigations into their misconduct... more

Sleazebuster replaces Alan Duncan over 'rations' outburst

08.09.09
David Cameron moves to shrug off the Alan Duncan 'rations' affair by appointing sleazebuster Sir George Young as his replacement... more

Conviction is a tribute to the police and CPS

08.09.09
We were lucky. Had the 2006 bomb plot against transatlantic flights, whose perpetrators were convicted yesterday, come off, we would now be living with the consequences of a tragedy... more

How to diagnose dysrationality

17.08.09
Last week Alan Duncan’s loose remarks showed how easy it is to fool supposedly clever people. And he certainly won’t be the last... more

90 per cent of Tories want Alan Duncan axed for 'rations' complaint

14.08.09
Tory activists have demanded that Alan Duncan be sacked as David Cameron tried to get back on the front foot over the MPs expenses row... more

Gordon Brown and David Cameron should take a leaf out of Barack Obama’s book

14.08.09
Gordon Brown and David Cameron should publish their full summer reading lists and be damned. The reading public has a right to know... more

From angel to activist: Heydon Prowse

13.08.09
From protesting outside Nobu to shaming MPs on expenses, Heydon Prowse is causing quite a stir. We talk to the former child actor who undid Alan Duncan... more

Second Tory moans 'being an MP is an expensive business'

13.08.09
David Cameron's bid to defuse the Alan Duncan expenses row was derailed when another Tory MP complained about his salary... more

Alan Duncan cannot keep expenses post

13.08.09
By sacking Alan Duncan, David Cameron can send the message that his rigour with Tory MPs who came badly out of the expenses revelations is genuine and impartial ... more

Senior Tory apologies after claiming MPs' lot is 's**t'

12.08.09
Senior Tory Alan Duncan was forced to make a humiliating apology for claiming that MPs have been forced to live on 'rations' by the clampdown on expenses... more

Honeymoon over for gay marriage as fewer tie the knot

04.08.09
Stars including Sir Elton John and Matt Lucas led the rush to 'marry' their partners in the weeks after gay civil partnerships became legal... more

MPs introduce new 'subsistence' allowance rule

28.07.09
MPs have introduced new rules that allow them to claim £25 a night without producing a receipt... more

Tories ditch second jobs in attempt to outflank voter fury

22.06.09
Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin leads a rush of shadow Cabinet ministers giving up lucrative second jobs... more

Prince Andrew's Caspian adventure

26.05.09
The Duke of York is off to Azerbaijan - again. At the beginning of June, Prince Andrew will fly to Baku for a four-day official visit, his third trip to the oil-rich country in 12 months and his sixth foray into the Caspian state since May 2005. ... more

Top Tories paid constituency parties

26.05.09
Several members of the shadow cabinet used their office expenses to pay more than £150,000 to their local party associations, it has emerged... more

Top Labour and Tory MPs are first victims in expenses scandal

14.05.09
Former minister suspended in day of panic-induced scalpings at Westminster which also saw a Tory MP resign as aide to David Cameron and two peers publicly disgraced... more

Political humour as subtle as a man thrown down a stairwell

13.05.09
Just so that we're straight on this from the beginning, you should know that I like Barack Obama. Got that book he wrote about his dad and dreams and everything... more

Harman: I don't want PM's job

12.03.09
Commons Leader Harriet Harman has been forced to deny that she is positioning herself to replace Gordon Brown... more

Darling: We are far from through this recession

07.01.09
Alistair Darling has admitted the recession is "far from through" and signalled dramatic new measures to promote recovery... more

Tax giveaway will beat the slump, says Brown

17.11.08
Gordon Brown has declared he can beat the slump with a tax giveaway worth billions of pounds... more

Shake-up to stop 'bonkers' tribunals

29.09.08
Britain's employment tribunal system will be radically overhauled by the next Tory government in a bid to stop "bonkers" rulings against firms, shadow business secretary Alan Duncan signalled... more

Help for poor on fuel bills and insulation is attacked as 'useless'

11.09.08
Gordon Brown faced a Commons revolt on a windfall tax as his £910 million energy aid package was criticised for not going far enough... more

Higher costs at the pumps are driving motorists off the roads

11.06.08
Drivers are starting to cut back on the amount of fuel they use because of the soaring cost of petrol... more

Labour rebellion on post offices slashes majority

20.03.08
Five senior London Labour MPs rebelled last night in a vote against the closure of post offices... more

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