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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

Met tries to cover up photos of police without IDs

06.11.09
Metropolitan Police accused of attempting to 'rewrite history' after staff told to destroy photographs of officers failing to display their identity numbers... more

The BNP do not deserve a place in this debate

14.10.09
Tell me it is a bad joke, please. The BBC, bastion of ethical values, has invited into its bed the British National Party, an avowedly racist organisation with a fascist pedigree... more

'Jacqui Smith should not join Lords'

14.10.09
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith should not be given a peerage, parliamentarians warned... more

Adult fined £1 for possession of knife

10.09.09
An adult caught in possession of a knife was fined just £1, official figures have revealed... more

MPs to urge Johnson to block Gary McKinnon extradition

09.09.09
Home Secretary Alan Johnson will face calls from three senior MPs not to extradite computer hacker Gary McKinnon... more

Met's translator bill to hit £20m as foreign population rises

16.06.09
Police in London are being hit with a soaring bill for translators to deal with foreign criminals, victims and witnesses... more

Clegg acts on ‘speculators’ after MP’s daughter uses flat bought on expenses

13.05.09
Nick Clegg pledged action against any Liberal Democrat MP who behaved like a “property speculator” with Commons expenses... more

The scrabble to claw back credibility

13.05.09
Westminster resonates to the sound of doors slamming on empty stables as the party leaders struggle to outdo each other in their firmness in cracking down on MPs' abuse of taxpayers through the allowances and expenses system... more

Could Huhne sprout wings for Brussels?

29.04.09
There’s an intriguing rumour in European circles. It’s that Downing Street has been considering whether Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat home affairs supremo, could be the UK’s next European Commissioner ... more

Muslims get 7 years for plotting to train at

29.04.09
Two British Muslims cleared of planning the 7/7 bomb attacks on London were both jailed for seven years for conspiracy to attend a training camp for terrorists... more

MPs demand to see report into 'failure' of MI5 to stop 7/7 bombers

29.04.09
Senior MPs demanded the immediate publication of a secret report into possible MI5 failures linked to the 7/7 bombings... more

Police ‘should be punished for covering up ID’

17.04.09
Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson was told he must discipline officers who have defied orders to identify themselves... more

Met chief acts over riot police attacks

15.04.09
Met chief Sir Paul Stephenson has bowed to massive pressure and ordered a full-scale review of riot policing at the G20 protests... more

Privacy sacrificed in war on terror, says spy chief

25.02.09
A fresh privacy row erupted after a former security chief warned innocent people's rights may have to be sacrificed to fight terrorism... more

Lobbying baroness accused of breaching Lords rules

02.02.09
The £180,000 chief executive of business lobbying group London First said she was "unashamed" after being dragged into the "peers for hire" furore... more

Police discuss possibility of 'Lords for hire' inquiry

29.01.09
The possibility that there would be a police inquiry into the "Lords for hire" scandal was dramatically opened today... 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

Kramer quits Clegg team

08.01.09
Liberal Democrat MP Susan Kramer has left Nick Clegg's top team to focus on fighting the expansion of Heathrow... more

Fury at Sir Ian Blair’s £1m pot of gold

10.11.08
Sir Ian Blair is to get a pay-off worth £1million, it was revealed... more

Huhne: Met can do better

16.09.08
At least 20,000 more violent crimes a year would be solved if the Metropolitan Police's detection rate matched the average for other cities, say the Liberal Democrats... more

Lib-Dem plan: Say sorry and avoid jail

07.08.08
Teenage criminals would be able to escape prosecution by saying sorry under new Lib-Dem plans... more

No jail for those who sell knives to children

23.07.08
Shopkeepers convicted of selling knives to children are more likely to be fined than sent to jail, research reveals... more

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