An additional 80,000 low income families are to be eligible for help with meeting the costs of childcare under plans announced by the Government... more
There was much to be depressed about in Ed Miliband's speech to the Labour Party conference, which was odd because it reflected many of the themes articulated so intelligently a few weeks back at the annual conference of the Association of British Insurers by former Treasury Minister Liam Byrne. It can't all be a matter of delivery... more
To Canary Wharf, along with Express Group boss Richard Desmond, who swept up in his Roller, with impressively muscled driver, to pay tribute to Reg Ward, the recently deceased founder of modern Docklands... more
Amid growing concerns over his leadership, Ed Miliband has been told he should lay out his vision to return Labour to power by autumn next year... more
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
The grim reality of the first, £6 billion tranche of public spending cuts that the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced today is that they are the simple bit... more
Government set out its plans to tackle the deficit after an astonishing admission from the former Treasury chief that the nation’s coffers are completely bare... more
Tens of thousands of civil servants in London and the South-East face having to move to other regions under a shake-up of Whitehall, it was reported... more
Frontline NHS and education services are "inefficient" and should not be exempt from spending cuts, Britain's public services watchdog has warned... more
Germans say you have to leave a city to appreciate what it really looks like: so I have had a couple of weeks away from scrutinising British politics and the re-entry is bracing... more
Free childcare for deprived youngsters and new laws to narrow the gap between rich and poor were unveiled by ministers as they vowed to end Britain's "class divide"... more
The fall-out from the Damian Green affair drew closer to Gordon Brown today as the Tories demanded to know what role the Cabinet Office played.... more
Staff blunders during the early days of Heathrow's Terminal 5 allowed international passengers to enter the country without going through vital security checks... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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