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'It was patronising. He lost his rag': David Cameron under fire for 'sexist' jibe 'Calm down dear', David Cameron tells MP at PMQs heckling

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City Spy: We've all earned a break from MPs

05.08.11
Many MPs are heavily criticised for the long summer holidays they take, and rightly so. But is it really so bad?... more

Bank chief: Inflation will soar above five per cent this year

11.05.11
The Bank of England has served an anniversary blow to David Cameron by slashing its growth forecast and criticising inflationary pay deals... more

'It was patronising. He lost his rag': David Cameron under fire for 'sexist' jibe

28.04.11
Shadow Treasury chief secretary Angela Eagle branded David Cameron's 'calm down, dear' jibe a 'revealing slip'... more

MP's cleavage sparks new row over sexism

28.04.11
Women's rights campaigners today branded British politics sexist after the sight of an MP's cleavage sparked an online debate... more

'Calm down dear', David Cameron tells MP at PMQs heckling

27.04.11
David Cameron sparks a sexism row by telling a woman shadow Cabinet minister to 'calm down, dear'... more

'Fuel prices should be transport priority for Government'

17.03.11
Spiralling price of fuel a 'critical issue', with the public placing it top of their transport concerns, a new survey has revealed ... more

Inflation 'to slow economic recovery' in new year

20.12.10
Government job cuts and higher than expected inflation will slow Britain’s economic growth to just 0.2% in the new year, CBI forecast says... more

City Spy: Qataris mull hotel on top of Harrods

11.10.10
The Qatari Royal family is busy dreaming up plans on how to exploit Harrods after agreeing to pay £1.5 billion for the store... more

Ed Miliband supporters thinly spread in shadow cabinet

08.10.10
Difficulties facing Ed Miliband underlined after it emerged that less than a third of his new top team believed he was the best candidate for Labour leader... more

Alan Johnson named shadow chancellor over Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper

08.10.10
Ed Miliband stamps his authority on Labour’s economic policy by surprisingly naming Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor... more

Women fill half of posts in Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet

08.10.10
Ed Miliband stamped his authority on Labour’s economic policy today as he promoted Yvette Cooper and a clutch of women to top posts in his shadow cabinet... more

Ed Miliband's new Labour frontbench team to be announced

07.10.10
Labour's new frontbench team will be disclosed as the winners of the shadow cabinet election are announced... more

Government to review public sector pensions

21.06.10
Public sector workers could be forced to pay more towards their pension funds, it was reported after the Government announced a review of the schemes ... more

Anger as 65,000 ex-pats claim winter fuel payments

16.02.10
Nearly 65,000 Britons living in European countries including Spain, Portugal and Greece are receiving state-funded winter fuel payments designed to help them cope with cold weather... more

This post strike will force me to throw in the etiquette towel

23.10.09
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the postal strike (and I am sure there are rights and wrong on both sides), I've already given up on my post. I don't recall it ever being so inefficient in my lifetime. ... more

Ageing workforce may bring end to retirement at 65

13.07.09
Compulsory retirement age could be scrapped under radical plans to allow more people to work beyond 65, the Government announced... more

Bailout of banks to cost taxpayer £1,500,000,000,000

19.02.09
Britain's public debt went "off the Richter scale" as it was confirmed that the Government's bank bailouts had put the nation £1.5 trillion further into the red... more

Osborne: 10 firms a day will fail unless PM acts

09.01.09
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has warned that 10 businesses a day will go under unless the Government gets banks lending again soon... more

Tories hint at tax cuts and halting rise in NI payments

29.12.08
Shadow chancellor George Osborne is talking up tax cuts as the Tories and Labour dig into traditional battle positions for a general election... more

Osborne signals tax cuts to help the lowest paid

20.08.08
Shadow chancellor George Osborne made an attempt to steal Labour's mantle as the "party of the poor" with a signal the Tories would cut taxes for the lowest paid... more

Big spender Gordon's plan to save his skin

06.08.08
The PM is preparing an autumn offensive to restore his standing - at the cost of yet more public debt ... more

PM rejects call for road tax U-turn

10.07.08
Gordon Brown has refused to climb down over new road taxes despite admitting that nine million drivers will be hit... more

PM ally tells Darling to 'sort it out' at Treasury

26.06.08
Fresh questions about the political future of Chancellor Alistair Darling surfaced after a senior Labour MP criticised the Treasury for lacking leadership... more


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