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2.4m pensioners face benefit cuts to fund care at home

19.11.09
Two benefits currently claimed by 2.4 million pensioners may be axed to fund free personal care, the Government confirmed... more

Tweet in haste and repent at leisure

16.11.09
Stephen Fry is just one of a number who have discovered that what you 'tweet' on Twitter is harder to get rid of than nuclear waste... more

Ed Vaizey's fight to win over the arts world

13.11.09
Interview: The Conservative firefighter, the Shadow Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey talks to Sarah Sands... more

Mayor attacked for trying to give 'Tory patsy' top arts job

04.11.09
Culture Secretary accuses Boris Johnson of trying to undermine the independence of London's Arts Council by appointing a 'Tory patsy' to head the organisation... 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

Boris aide could step in as arts chief after clash with minister

22.10.09
Boris Johnson's culture adviser could be installed temporarily in one of London's top arts jobs under emergency plans to tackle deadlock with the Government over the appointment... more

Take 'history' by artists with a big pinch of salt

09.10.09
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize but qualms have already been raised by some critics over the novel’s disservice to history... more

Boris Johnson attacks minister for blocking his arts job choice

08.10.09
Boris Johnson accuses Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw of acting 'outrageously' after the Government blocked the Mayor’s choice for a top London arts job... more

Sentimental swansong for beleaguered Labour party

30.09.09
Labour found a blitz spirit as a night of political setbacks turned into a sentimental singing session in the early hours... more

Day 2 at the Labour conference

29.09.09
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Belly laughs at ‘diversity’ night but dancers hide before Harman arrives

29.09.09
Labour heavyweights let their hair down at their party conference’s annual diversity night... more

Government blasted over 'zig zag' media policy

17.09.09
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will attack the Government's approach to the media as 'nothing short of a complete and utter shambles'... more

Ending TV ban on product placement is sensible move

16.09.09
Media analysis: What a great wheeze it must have seemed to the Government to solve the problems of commercial TV companies and advertisers by suggesting the ban on product placement could be lifted... more

£7 million job with RBS — no worries

19.08.09
The recruitment by Royal Bank of Scotland of bond trader Antonio Polverino from Merrill Lynch has sent City eyebrows skywards — and not just because RBS, which is 70%-owned by the taxpayer, is rewarding him so handsomely ... more

We don’t need a collective mea culpa from the BBC

05.08.09
Alan Yentob is in defiant mood. After a torrid few weeks in which the BBC has come under attack for everything from sacking a 66-year-old woman to running up extravagant expense claims, Mr Yentob, one of the corporation's veteran executives, has clearly decided enough is enough.... more

BBC boss Alan Yentob attacks meddling ministers

05.08.09
BBC executive Alan Yentob hit back at critics of the corporation and told the Government to stop meddling in its affairs... more

Harriet Harman is right to focus on rape law

05.08.09
Harriet Harman deserves congratulation for raising the issue of rape to proper prominence... more

Honeymoon over for gay marriage as fewer tie the knot

04.08.09
Stars including Sir Elton John and Matt Lucas led the rush to 'marry' their partners in the weeks after gay civil partnerships became legal... more

Better leadership needed at the BBC

14.07.09
The Culture Secretary, Ben Bradshaw, has attacked BBC chiefs for their refusal to support the sharing of some of the licence fee with other providers of regional news. He is quite right to do so... more

Culture Minister slams BBC's 'bunker mentality'

14.07.09
Culture Secretary launchs attack on BBC chiefs as the battle over the licence fee escalated, as he accused chiefs of poor leadership... more

BBC bosses get pay rises as corporation slashes jobs

14.07.09
BBC faces a backlash as it emerges that its two top bosses enjoyed pay increases — while introducing cost-cutting measures... more

BBC Centre designed on an envelope is given Grade II heritage status

10.07.09
BBC Television Centre in White City has been given architectural recognition... more

Why art is the social lubricant of our great city

10.07.09
At last night’s annual Serpentine Summer party, London shoulders its way to the front of the queue when it comes to sexing up the art world ... more

Minister in smear row over attack on ‘anti-gay’ Tories

03.07.09
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Hugh joins other chefs with a beef

12.06.09
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... more

Doctor who raised alarm over Baby P injuries suspended

19.02.09
The family doctor who regularly saw Baby P in the months before his death has been suspended from practice... more

Cycling injuries rise by a quarter

18.11.08
The number of cyclists injured in England has increased by almost a quarter in the past five years, official figures reveal... more

Doctors 'conspire to stop patients switching GPs'

03.07.08
GPs have been accused of operating "gentlemen's agreements" in which they refuse to accept other doctors' patients... more

Private firms will run failing NHS trusts

04.06.08
Two South-East NHS trusts face a takeover by private companies under plans to sack managers of failing hospitals... more

Top hospitals link up with university to form research centre

10.04.08
Three leading London hospitals and a major university have joined forces to become the country's largest science research centre... more

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