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Nick Clegg attacks wealthy families for leg up BUT daddy got him bank job

05.04.11
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Clegg admitted he got an internship at a bank through family connections - after attacking the way internships go to 'sharp elbowed' wealthy families... more

'Let the Navy sink Somali pirates'

10.02.11
Royal Navy warships should be allowed to sink Somali pirates who seize British shipping, former defence minister John Spellar says... more

David Cameron 'jobs for the boys' row over 26 civil servants

08.11.10
David Cameron faces new questions over 'vanity staff' as it emerges that he has appointed 26 civil servants on fixed-term contracts since the general election... more

Cameron allies 'fill boots' with second jobs

16.11.09
David Cameron's allies were today accused of 'filling their boots' from second jobs before being forced to quit them... more

Anger over City bankers’ £5bn bonus bonanza

14.10.09
Bankers face fury over their bonuses as new figures showed they are in line for a £5 billion bonanza sparking public 'outrage' and 'revulsion'... more

Senior Tory lets slip plan to cut public spending by 10 per cent

10.06.09
Senior Conservative Andrew Lansley plunged the Tories' economic policy into confusion by saying they were planning serious public spending cuts... more

Brown corners Cameron on Tory spending cuts gaffe

10.06.09
Gordon Brown tore into David Cameron's economic plans after a Tory MP said his party was planning cuts in public spending... more

'Nasty Tories' beat retreat on hunting and spending cuts

07.04.09
David Cameron was forced to fend off fresh accusations that the Tories are the "nasty party"... more

One great capital city, 20 world leaders – and 40,000 holes in the road

31.03.09
As heads of state gather for the G20 summit, they will find a London disfigured by the digging-up of its streetscape... more

Minister sued by veteran for 'not helping enough'

04.02.09
A London MP has become embroiled in a legal row with an elderly ex-soldier who accuses her of "laziness"... more

Tory donors profited on Barclays fall

23.01.09
Partners at a hedge fund which made about £12 million in just days betting on a fall in the Barclays share price have donated more than £300,000 to the Conservatives... more

Hague's golden gift of the gab

05.01.09
William Hague made between £65,000 and £95,000 from speeches and hosting award ceremonies while the country plunged into recession... more

MPs haven't the bottle to change to tap water

25.04.08
MPs have caused outrage by refusing to be served London tap water... more

The Standard is praised as MPs switch to tap water

20.03.08
The Evening Standard has been praised by MPs for backing the use of tap water in restaurants and major organisations... more

MPs back tap water and vow to cut bottles in Parliament

29.02.08
MPs are set to cut back severely on the number of bottles of water drunk at Parliament in response to the Evening Standard's Water on Tap campaign... more


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