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Labour to flood London with poll candidates

23.09.11
Labour is planning a major increase in candidates and campaigning in London and the South-East next May, Harriet Harman reveals... more

Even I want men around, admits Harriet Harman (if only for washing-up)

23.09.11
The Political Interview: Joe Murphy talks to Harriet Harman, Labour Deputy Leader... more

Michael Gove accuses Harriet Harman of 'double dealing' over 'complex' causes of riots

10.08.11
Michael Gove and Harriet Harman clashed on television over whether government cuts are to blame for rioting on the streets of Britain... more

Councillor on 'child grooming' charge

11.04.11
Labour councillor who campaigned for shadow cabinet members Harriet Harman and Tessa Jowell has been charged with grooming a child for sex ... more

Support foreign aid spending by taking to streets, urges Harriet Harman

16.02.11
Harriet Harman urges thousands of people to take to the streets in support of spending on foreign aid... more

Harriet Harman embroiled in £18m nightclub battle

05.10.10
Former owners of a nightclub dubbed “the Motown of south London” have called on Harman in a bitter £18 million legal battle over its closure... more

Harriet Harman bows out with clarion call for Labour women

30.09.10
Acting Labour leader makes way for Ed Miliband, with an appeal for women to be given a greater role in the party’s top team... more

Working mums should stop punishing themselves

27.09.10
Women long ago overtook men in the sport of self-flagellation... more

Union threaten strikes over 'brutish and frightening' cuts

13.09.10
Wave of strikes designed to disrupt the country threatened as trade unions vote for a mass campaign against spending cuts... more

Harriet Harman fears for inquest into blaze tragedy at tower block

06.09.10
Harriet Harman raises concerns at the delay in holding an inquest into the deaths of six people in the Lakanal House fire after coroner Sir Thayne Forbes unexpectedly stands down... more

Harriet Harman: Lib-Dem voters are joining Labour

08.07.10
Labour has been bolstered by an unprecedented surge of new members who have signed up mainly to oppose the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, Harriet Harman has claimed... more

Harriet Harman: Tories have broken election pledge

22.06.10
Budget: Harriet Harman dismisses the Budget as 'reckless', claiming it will lead to more tax increases... more

Harriet Harman nominates Diane Abbott for Labour leadership

08.06.10
Labour's acting leader, Harriet Harman, nominates Diane Abbott for the party's leadership in an attempt to get a woman on the ballot paper... more

Harriet Harman: Half of top team will be women

03.06.10
Harriet Harman caused uproar within Labour by announcing plans to give half of the party's shadow cabinet jobs to women... more

Firms urged to promote women into the boardroom

08.03.10
Firms could be required to report on efforts they are making to increase the number of women in senior management jobs, the Government announced ... more

Harriet Harman gagged auditor in MPs’ expenses inquiry

19.02.10
Harriet Harman gagged Sir Thomas Legg, the independent auditor of MPs’ expenses, to prevent further embarrassment over rejected claims... more

Tories accuse Labour of campaigning on taxpayer-funded trips

18.02.10
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold his latest Cabinet awayday amid opposition claims that taxpayer-funded trips are being used for Labour campaigning... more

Harriet Harman hits back after Pope slams UK equality laws

02.02.10
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has hit back after the Pope attacked 'unjust' British laws designed to give equal rights to homosexuals... more

Harriet Harman: I dropped my cut-glass accent for Labour

28.01.10
Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman admitted she has made her accent less posh because 'I sounded like Lady Diana'... more

Harriet Harman - from Sloane to class warrior

28.01.10
Labour's deputy leader admits she once spoke like Lady Diana but she has since made a career waging war on the elite to 'redress unfairness'... more

At 25, I’m not past it at work, I’m ‘before it’

18.01.10
What Harriet Harman fails to grasp is that it is often the young who suffer ageism most acutely in the office - patronised, sidelined, yet often working the longest hours... more

Harriet Harman praises ‘wellderly’ with move to axe retirement at 65

11.01.10
Harriet Harman pays tribute to Britain’s 'wellderly' as she unveils moves to scrap the compulsory retirement age... more

Anger as Harriet Harman escapes driving ban for mobile phone crash

08.01.10
NEW: Harriet Harman faces acute political embarrassment as she was accused of getting off lightly for crashing her car while using a mobile phone... more

Tories vow to stop Harman closing early for Christmas

23.11.09
Conservatives sought to stop Harriet Harman closing the Commons early for Christmas... more

PM backs Harman over ‘crash while she was on phone’

20.11.09
Harriet Harman given strong backing by Gordon Brown after she denies breaking law by crashing her car while using a mobile... more

'Lehman Sisters' would crash too, says top adviser

03.11.09
Gordon Brown's independent adviser on the City today rejected Harriet Harman's claim that the financial crisis would not have happened if women had been in charge of banks.... more

Harman: I'll make firms put more women on their boards

20.10.09
City firms risk losing lucrative government contracts if they fail to appoint more women, Harriet Harman warned... more


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