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Tory MP challenges Cameron over Europe referendum

11.11.09
NEW: David Cameron faces renewed attacks over his abandonment of a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty after one of his MPs vows to campaign for a public vote... more

David Cameron talks the local talk - but will he walk it?

15.09.09
Tory low-cost easyCouncils could be a dummy run for Whitehall – as long as Mr Cameron sticks to his guns... more

Mandelson to list Corfu hospitality in Lords register

27.08.09
Lord Mandelson faces fresh questions over his Corfu holiday amid claims of conflicts of interest with his ministerial duties... more

Liberal Democrat baroness rented out her second home

03.06.09
A Liberal Democrat frontbencher billed the taxpayer for a second home in central London and then rented it out to an MP after being made a peer... more

PM bars no-confidence vote on Speaker

19.05.09
Beleaguered Commons Speaker will hold emergency talks over MPs expenses as he fights to save his political career... more

Latest: Gone in 33 seconds - Speaker falls on his sword

19.05.09
Michael Martin gives up his battle to stay on as Speaker in a statement lasting just 33 seconds... more

Campaign to oust Speaker gains cross-party support

18.05.09
15 MPs back historic motion of no confidence in Commons Speaker Michael Martin... more

Speaker to reveal expenses reform plans

18.05.09
Commons Speaker Michael Martin will set out expenses reform plans to MPs in a bid to quell rapidly-escalating demands for him to quit over his handling of the scandal... more

Speaker lynched over expenses scandal in last-ditch bid to save job

18.05.09
Michael Martin grovelled for his job this afternoon in the Commons as he came under devastating attack from MPs... more

Senior MPs pile pressure on Speaker to fall on his sword

15.05.09
Speaker Michael Martin has come under unprecedented pressure from senior parliamentarians to quit... more

Inconvenient truth about Cameron's 'green' Tories

14.05.09
It has become David Cameron's inconvenient truth: his party does not agree with him on wind farms... more

Drive to unseat Speaker gathers pace

13.05.09
Speaker Michael Martin faced an open revolt against his authority... more

Peer tricks BBC presenter into £92,000 confession

12.05.09
BBC salaries were drawn into the MPs expenses row today after a peer turned the tables on a presenter in an on-screen bust-up... more

MPs plot to oust Speaker after ‘disgraceful’ attack

12.05.09
Commons Speaker Michael Martin faced unprecedented criticism as a plot to unseat him was launched at Westminster... more

Brown withdraws bid to keep MPs' expenses secret

21.01.09
Gordon Brown has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over attempts to keep details of MPs' expenses secret... more

We’ve heard the Purnell spiel on welfare before

12.12.08
A great fanfare for Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell’s declaration that the unemployed will be required to undertake some work. Er, haven’t we heard all this before?... more

Tory infighting over airport expansion plans

05.12.08
A Tory lobby group has been set up called Conservatives for International Travel, or C-FIT to campaign for airport expansion... more

Tory infighting over airport expansion plans

05.12.08
A Tory lobby group has been set up called Conservatives for International Travel, or C-FIT to campaign for airport expansion... more

Harman and Beckett refuse to back Martin

04.12.08
Support for Speaker Michael Martin drained away as two senior ministers refused to express confidence in him... more

Brown puts his 'full confidence' in Martin

04.12.08
Gordon Brown propped up Speaker Michael Martin today by saying he had "full confidence" in him.... more

Tearful Speaker admits blunders over raid

03.12.08
Police had no warrant to search the parliamentary office of Tory MP Damian Green, the House of Commons Speaker admitted ... more

Speaker faces being forced out after raid

01.12.08
Commons Speaker Michael Martin may be pressed to take early retirement at the next election in the wake of the Damian Green affair, the Standard has learned.... more

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