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Met advertises for lesbian and gay police to guard the Queen

23.09.09

Gay, lesbian and transgender officers are being sought to help guard the Queen under a new drive to employ minorities... more

BBC's �3 million return fare for covering 2012 London Games

09.09.09

Licence-fee payers will pay �3 million to send BBC staff to cover the London Olympics from Manchester - a year after the corporation relocates... more

David Cameron gambles on honesty over spending cuts

28.07.09

David Cameron will gamble at Conservative party conference by revealing where spending axe will fall if he wins power... 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

Drive to unseat Speaker gathers pace

13.05.09

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

Men more at risk of losing jobs than women in crunch

06.03.09

Harriet Harman was caught in a row over whether women will suffer most in the recession... more

Tory out of love with Romeo And Julian

27.02.09

A school has come under fire for staging a gay version of Romeo And Juliet - renamed Romeo And Julian... more

Ken Clarke 'is most rebellious Tory MP'

08.01.09

Ken Clarke's hopes of a return to the shadow cabinet were dealt a blow by a study showing he is the most rebellious Tory MP... more

BBC's secret licence fee deal to fund �800m HQ

15.12.08

BBC bosses negotiated a secret deal with the Government to guarantee the future of the licence fee until at least 2033... more

Terror - at idea of 2% slowdown

09.12.08

Cheaper petrol, mortgages and cars for Indians is the last thing the architects of last month's terrorist invasion of Mumbai would have had in mind... more

Media centre cuts could see �bad press for 2012�

11.11.08

Olympics chiefs may cut costs at the planned 2012 media centre by moving catering for 20,000 journalists into a giant tent... more

BBC under fire for showing fewer episodes of Money Programme... just as Britain sinks into recession

03.09.08

The BBC has come under fire over plans to axe TV business show The Money Programme as a regular series, just as Britain sinks into economic crisis.... more

Mayor won't object to 43-storey tower block

25.07.08

Boris Johnson has decided not to object to plans for a 472ft skyscraper on the South Bank... more

BBC rivals amazed at internet 'whitewash' as governing body insists 110m website doesn't stifle competition

29.05.08

The BBC has revealed the staggering true cost of its website operation, admitting it had spent tens of millions more that it said it would.... more

Justice for Sally Anne: he's guilty

22.02.08

The savage sex killer of teenage model Sally Anne Bowman has been convicted at the Old Bailey... more

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