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The battle over Ofcom's future as the media regulator

08.07.09
It is difficult to be sure of the springboard for David Cameron's sudden assault on Ofcom, the media regulator, though I am prepared to make a guess. Before I speculate, however, let's first consider his substantive arguments... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Rebels in the vote

01.05.09
The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members... more

Harman tells civil servants to ‘wage war’ on class divide

24.04.09
Harriet Harman was accused of starting a “class war” by telling millions of public servants to narrow social gaps with every decision they make... more

Trouble over Gordon Brown's plan to let royal heirs wed Catholics

27.03.09
Gordon Brown was hit by a backlash against plans to tackle discrimination against Catholics and women in royal succession laws... more

Small shops 'would get up to a 50% tax relief' under Tory plan

06.03.09
Tens of thousands of small shops and firms in London would get a tax cut under a Conservative shake-up of business rates... more

Royal Mail ‘modernisation’ to cost 16,000 jobs, union fears

06.02.09
Union chiefs have warned that up to 16,000 jobs face the axe at the Royal Mail... more

First blood to the landlords in bar-room brawl with pubcos

09.12.08
Leisure: Like most pub brawls, it started with a dispute about who said what... more

More post office closures loom as Mail profits double

23.10.08
Royal Mail warned of the threat of more post office closures as it unveiled a doubling of profits to £177 million... more

Blair faces Commons probe over Ecclestone

14.10.08
Tony Blair faced a possible probe into claims he "deliberately misled" Parliament over his role in the "Ecclestone affair"... more

Energy firms may have to pay windfall taxes

01.08.08
Energy giants may be hit with a windfall tax under proposals being considered by Alistair Darling, a Cabinet minister confirmed... more

New blow for pubs as MPs roll out a probe

26.06.08
Pub companies battered by the credit crunch, the smoking ban and the worst trading conditions for a decade woke up to another headache - a fresh Government investigation into the industry... more

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