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The Thick of It returns - but which hapless minister is Rebecca Front portraying?

27.10.09

Voters delight, politicians duck for cover: The Thick of It is back. Never can there have been a better time to take apart the preening control freakery of the classe politique... more

Minister to quit after Ł25,000 expenses row

02.10.09

Minister who claimed Ł25,000 of taxpayers' money for private 'security' protection has announced she will quit as an MP... more

Hodge rejoins Cabinet after husband's death

22.09.09

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M&S shop gets listed building status

21.09.09

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From angel to activist: Heydon Prowse

13.08.09

From protesting outside Nobu to shaming MPs on expenses, Heydon Prowse is causing quite a stir. We talk to the former child actor who undid Alan Duncan... more

Top museums lose out in public spending squeeze

16.07.09

Series of major London arts projects face the axe in the public spending squeeze, including a new exhibition area for the British Museum... more

Death threats and a stalker — why my security’s worth Ł25k

29.06.09

In an exclusive interview, Culture Minister Barbara Follett reveals how she has coped with years of hate mail and why she still isn’t sorry about her expenses... more

Triumph of love and tax: Titian left to the nation goes on show

23.06.09

A Ł1million painting by Titian given to the nation in lieu of death taxes will go on show at the National Gallery next month... more

Theatre owners angered by Barbara Follett attack on their 'shameful' facilities

22.06.09

London's theatre managers today responded angrily to culture minister Barbara Follett's condemnation of the state of West End venues.... more

Cabinet ministers join scramble to pay back money

19.06.09

Three Cabinet ministers including would-be Chancellor Ed Balls have admitted over-claiming hundreds of pounds on their expenses for mortgages interest... more

We want to be chancellor but can't do expenses

19.06.09

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

Warning to Treasury over peril of cutting arts funding

16.06.09

Shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey is to tell the Treasury that cutting arts funding is "more trouble than it's worth"... more

Cheque, please… Caring told to pay Ł4.5m in flats deal

07.05.09

Restaurateur Richard Caring will be told to pay more than Ł4.5 million for affordable homes in return for permission to turn the former US naval offices in Grosvenor Square into 41 flats... more

Absolutely prefabulous ... six homes are listed

18.03.09

One of London's longest listing sagas over an estate of prefabricated homes has been resolved... more

’Ere Fletch they’ve only gone and listed the Scrubs

10.03.09

One of London's best-known prisons has been listed as a Grade II* - making it one of the 200,000 finest buildings in the country... more

Objectors reach truce over Ł1bn Chelsea Barracks plan

24.02.09

Final plans for the Ł1billion Chelsea Barracks scheme are to be submitted this week after developers reached a compromise with campaigners... more

Barracks chapel stands in way of Chelsea sports centre plan

15.01.09

Proposals for a sports centre on the site of the former Chelsea Barracks could be scaled down if a Victorian chapel on the land is given listed status... more

Don't blame the banks for small firms' troubles

24.11.08

City editor: There's no doubting the flavour of the month - it's small businesses... more

Just Ł1 each - it's a snip for this glimpse of paradise

14.11.08

On Monday evening, as the rain lashed down and a chill wind blew through the darkened streets, I braved the elements to cycle into Trafalgar Square ... more