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Mandelson's two Lockerbie meetings

10.09.09
Lord Mandelson twice discussed the Lockerbie bomber's release with Colonel Gaddafi's son, his department said... more

Colleges left 'crumbling' in £2.7bn funding fiasco

28.07.09
'Reckless' behaviour by civil servants has left London's further education colleges at risk of being unable to carry out more than £300m of desperately needed refurbishment... more

Jobs advice for nine-year-olds to help boost social mobility

21.07.09
Pupils as young as nine would get career advice under radical plans to stop middle and working class children missing out on life opportunities... more

Ban on tips making up pay

06.05.09
Using tips to make up workers' pay to minimum wage levels will be outlawed from October... more

Rebel Labour backbenchers attack ‘kamikaze move’ to sell Royal Mail

05.05.09
Labour MPs warned of a major rebellion on the Royal Mail sell-off as they said pushing through plans would be a "kamikaze move" for Gordon Brown... more

Ministers told: Stop blackmailing post workers over sell-off

24.02.09
Ministers were warned not to try to "blackmail" postal workers into supporting part-privatisation of the Royal Mail... more

Ministerial aide quits in revolt over Royal Mail sell-off

17.12.08
Gordon Brown was facing a growing Labour revolt over the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail after a ministerial aide quit in protest... more

EU demands six weeks of compulsory leave for women after childbirth

19.11.08
Women face being banned from working for six weeks after childbirth under European Commission plans... more

Byrne tipped to be given enforcer role in Cabinet

02.10.08
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne is set to be promoted to the Cabinet in a mini-reshuffle... more

Unions demand right to secondary strikes

18.07.08
Union chiefs will present a shopping list of demands to ministers as the cash-strapped Labour party draws up new policies... more

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