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Gordon Brown accused of ‘death-bed’ immigration vow

12.11.09
Gordon Brown accused of a 'death-bed conversion' on immigration by bowing to calls for tougher controls... more

MPs demand pay rise in lieu of cut expenses

11.11.09
Nearly 40 MPs back a campaign for their pay to rise and warned against huge cuts to their expenses... more

Call for probe into Labour's 'partisan' immigration plan

26.10.09
Pressure was growing for an independent inquiry into claims that immigration was encouraged by Labour for political gain... more

Labour MPs: We'll force by-elections in expenses row

19.10.09
Five Labour MPs threaten Gordon Brown with hugely damaging by-elections if they are ordered to pay back their expenses... more

Brown faces backlash over plan to cut housing benefit

28.08.09
Gordon Brown faces a backbench rebellion over plans to slash the benefits of poor families, it emerged... more

Britain is not like Baltimore

26.08.09
It's being so cheerful as keeps them going. The Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Grayling says parts of Britain are indistinguishable from The Wire, the blood-soaked cop drama set among the lowlife of Baltimore... more

McBride admits Brown and Blairite spin battle

20.07.09
Former No10 aide Damian McBride admitted he defended Gordon Brown by briefing against his critics... more

Commuters, Harry Potter and the Queen suffer in summer downpour

08.07.09
London was braced for more rain after torrential downpours caused flash floods and stranded thousands of commuters... more

Darling heads off revolt with low-pay pledge

07.07.09
Alistair Darling promised more help for the low paid as Labour MPs threatened to inflict a defeat on the Government over the 10p tax furore... more

Bank of England must be put back in charge

17.06.09
The role of the Bank of England is unclear. It sets interest rates, certainly, but its role beyond that is anyone’s guess... more

Ann Widdecombe makes bid to become new Speaker

11.06.09
Ann Widdecombe has joined the race to be Speaker of the House of Commons, saying she wanted to "clean up the place"... more

Speaker candidates caught up in scandal

22.05.09
Leading candidates for the Speaker of the Commons were today hit by a raft of allegations over their own expenses and second home claims... more

‘We will vote for a Speaker they hate’

21.05.09
Hate, revenge and grudges spilled over in the race to succeed Michael Martin less than 48 hours after the Speaker announced his departure... more

Who could restore Parliament’s reputation?

19.05.09
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Crisis? What crisis? MPs take a 12-week holiday

20.04.09
MPs have awarded themselves an extra week’s summer holiday — in the middle of the worst recession for a century... more

Brown is besieged by Labour big guns

14.04.09
The Downing Street dirty tricks row has deepened into a full-scale attack on Gordon Brown's leadership ... more

New Deal for jobs condemned as £75 billion 'expensive failure'

20.02.09
A devastating critique of Labour's flagship New Deal for the unemployed has branded it an "expensive failure"... more

After the snow, the blame game

03.02.09
With more people making it into work this morning, there is growing anger over the virtual collapse of London's transport system yesterday and its sluggish recovery... more

Frank Field to lead revolt against cut in VAT

16.12.08
Former minister Frank Field is to lead a surprise Labour rebellion against the Government's £12billion VAT cut, it emerged... more

We need real welfare reform

10.12.08
The Government's plans on welfare reform, to be unveiled in a White Paper later today, could end up being the only substantial legislation prior to a possible June 2009 general election... more

Struggling homeowners given more time to pay

21.11.08
Homeowners who fail to meet their mortgage payments are set to avoid repossession action for at least three months... more

Migrant builders threat to Olympic 'skills legacy'

13.11.08
Promises of a "skills legacy" from the London Olympics were in doubt as it emerged that 20,000 migrant workers had registered for jobs in the main 2012 borough in th past year... more

Harman to scrap vote on abortion law reform

20.10.08
Moves to liberalise Britain's abortion laws are to be killed off by the Government amid fears that the issue could prove a "distraction" from Labour's fightback on the economy... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

'Downing St dirty tricks behind outing of Kelly'

24.09.08
Claims of "dirty tricks" and "black ops" by Downing Street were rife as allies of Ruth Kelly feared she had become the latest victim of a campaign to flush out Labour rebels... more

London and Lancs gang up on Gordon

15.09.08
They are spread across the country, but Gordon Brown's would-be assassins are concentrated in two regions - London and the North-West... more

MPs request paperwork in bid to trigger Brown contest

12.09.08
Labour MPs have taken the first step to toppling Gordon Brown by requesting nomination forms needed for a leadership challenge... more

Field blasts Labour plan for benefits shake-up

21.07.08
Labour's welfare guru Frank Field said sweeping new benefits reform plans out were doomed to failure... more

New Labour: no longer a party, just a soap opera

14.05.08
Revelations in the memoirs of Cherie Blair and John Prescott, added to fresh internal feuds, are eating away at the authority of the Government... more

Dunwoody, the battling MP who stood up to Labour, dies

18.04.08
Gwyneth Dunwoody, the longest-serving female Labour MP who has died aged 77, was hailed as a champion of the railways who was prepared to stand up to her own party to defend her beliefs... more

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