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David Cameron: Would I sack George Osborne? Yes absolutely if I have to...

06.11.09
Tory leader David Cameron talks revealingly about colleagues, policy and the faith that guides him... more

Brown is accused of blocking TV debate

20.10.09
Gordon Brown accused of scuppering the first appearance of all three major party leaders on live television... more

MPs disclose contents of expenses letters

14.10.09
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more

Party is at that magical Blairy place where it applauds anything

08.10.09
Here's one we tried earlier. William Hague arrived on the vast empty stage. “Let’s give a warm welcome to the shadow cabinet!” he cried. There followed an awkward moment, in which the shadow cabinet ambled on, looking splendidly ill-assorted, despite the best efforts of the stylists backstage. Eric Pickles had the lumbering walk of an alderman on school sports day... more

Tory accused of stealing champagne: I was foolish

08.10.09
Latest: Tory arrested after being accused of stealing a £150 bottle of champagne at the conference admitted behaving 'rather foolishly'... more

Conservative Party conference diary

07.10.09
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Bubbly curb day 2: Now David Cameron is seen champagne glass in hand

06.10.09
David Cameron faces embarrassment after being pictured with a glass of champagne in his hand at a party on the eve of shadow chancellor George Osborne’s austerity speech. ... more

Dull is good for the Tories - but Boris Johnson is better

06.10.09
A photograph in the Daily Mail of George Osborne appears next to one of Piers Morgan, inviting readers to spot the likeness... more

Conservative chairman bans champagne at conference

05.10.09
Tory chairman Eric Pickles imposes a champagne ban on visitors to the party's annual conference... more

Tories need their own treaty over Europe

05.10.09
It isn't as easy as it looks, is it? As the Conservative conference opens in Manchester today, David Cameron and his team have been given an unwelcome taste of what it is like to experience the full blast of pitiless scrutiny that comes with government - or, in their case, the assumption that you will very soon be in office. And, as ever with the Tory Party, it is Europe that has delivered the slap across the face.... more

David Miliband: Tories turn blind eye to EU ‘Nazi’ friends

01.10.09
David Miliband accused the Tories of condoning Nazism as he attacked David Cameron’s new European partners... more

Please don’t tell me my hero has feet of clay

25.09.09
I am in mourning for one of my favourite Sixties pop songs, California Dreamin’, by The Mamas and the Papas ... more

Why do so few politicians go to the Proms?

15.09.09
It is always said that women have to worry about what they wear and men do not. Yet women are making decisions based on aesthetics whereas for men they touch a fundamental sense of identity... more

Tory battle looms over David Cameron's plan for supporters

03.08.09
David Cameron is squaring up for a battle with grass roots Tories in a bid to plant supporters in around 30 plum Conservative seats... more

‘Plot to rid council estates of poor’

09.07.09
David Cameron's favourite Tory town hall is being accused of planning a "social cleansing" programme of demolishing council estates... more

Holidaying MPs afraid to admit they’re taking exotic breaks

08.07.09
MPs are refusing to own up to holidays outside Europe this summer in the wake of public fury over their expenses... more

I'll still vote Tory, says the £5m donor expelled for backing UKIP

27.05.09
One Sunday, three months ago, Stuart Wheeler received a curt email from the Tory chairman, Eric Pickles, saying he'd been expelled from the party ... more

Commons drinks party ends in fighting and CS gas arrest

31.03.09
A company director was being questioned by police after officers used CS spray to break up a fight in the Commons only yards from where MPs were holding a debate... more

Exploit No 10, Blears tells candidates

03.02.09
Labour faced a new sleaze row after a Cabinet minister urged election candidates to use Downing Street to promote themselves... more

Exploit No 10, Blears tells candidates

03.02.09
Labour faced a new sleaze row after a Cabinet minister urged election candidates to use Downing Street to promote themselves... more

Sleaze row peer claims £400,000 just in expenses

27.01.09
One of the peers at the centre of corruption allegations has claimed nearly £400,000 of taxpayers' money in expenses, the Standard can reveal... more

Apologies, but we’re not in wrong say sleaze row peers

26.01.09
Two of the Labour peers at the centre of sleaze allegations have apologised for potentially bringing Parliament into disrepute — but denied claims against them... more

Sleaze claims against Labour peers must be probed, says Brown

26.01.09
Sleaze allegations against four Labour peers are “very serious” and need to be investigated, Gordon Brown said... more

Clarke’s back and promptly takes aim at Mandelson

19.01.09
David Cameron has radically reshuffled his shadow Cabinet and brought back Ken Clarke as shadow business secretary... more

Tories plan to axe costly council chiefs

30.12.08
Dozens of town hall chiefs on six-figure salaries could lose their jobs under Tory plans to shake up local government... more

Prescott ‘told councils to invest for high interest’

10.10.08
Tory councils are blaming John Prescott for encouraging them to invest in Icelandic banks with high rates of interest... more

Health and safety says gravestones have to go

12.09.08
London councils were accused of "municipal vandalism" after it emerged they are spending millions to uproot gravestones seen as a threat to public health and safety... more

Tories to set out how they will run the country at party rally

11.08.08
David Cameron will seek to propel the Tories towards government at his party's autumn rally by openly talking about how they would run Britain... more

Putney MP is tipped for key role in Tory cabinet

14.07.08
Two high-flying Tory women MPs are expected to be drafted into the shadow cabinet as David Cameron bids to build on his "feminist" credentials and sharpens up his team to face Gordon Brown... more

Public service workers' strike signals summer of discontent for Labour

23.06.08
Hundreds of thousands of council workers are set to strike in what threatens to be a summer of discontent... more

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