Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin has promised to stop dumping official documents in public rubbish bins after he was caught disposing of letters in St James's Park... more
The fact that violent crime dropped in parts of London after the riots is proof of a seemingly obvious truth: that more police on the streets and more criminals being jailed mean lower crime... more
Nick Clegg warned Cabinet colleague to 'tread with care' in Sheffield after he reportedly said he 'did not want to see more families in Sheffield able to afford cheap holidays'
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Ministers were accused of double standards after policy chief Oliver Letwin apparently said the Government did not want more ordinary people taking cheap holidays abroad
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Commentary: At 28,045 words, today’s Conservative manifesto is wilfully dull looking - but open the 118 pages and it document that speaks volumes about how David Cameron’s party see themselves... more
Three Cabinet ministers including would-be Chancellor Ed Balls have admitted over-claiming hundreds of pounds on their expenses for mortgages interest... more
The men who would be Chancellor - Labour's Ed Balls and Tory shadow chancellor George Osborne - today both admitted they had blundered in their Commons expenses and paid back money... more
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
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