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Senior MP: Students don't work hard enough

12.11.09
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Senior MP: Students don't work hard enough

12.11.09
Leading MP causes outrage by claiming that British students are lazy and gain degrees without a proper grasp of the English language... more

Ed Balls defends Children's Commissioner decision

19.10.09
Schools Secretary Ed Balls defends his decision to overrule MPs and force through his choice for the next children’s commissioner... more

Labour MPs: We'll force by-elections in expenses row

19.10.09
Five Labour MPs threaten Gordon Brown with hugely damaging by-elections if they are ordered to pay back their expenses... more

Back down on expenses, MPs warn sleaze chief

13.10.09
MPs move to rebuff demands for them to pay back thousands of pounds in expenses as Harriet Harman urges backbenchers to mount campaign to persuade Sir Thomas Legg to back down... more

Revealed: What top Cabinet ministers have to repay

13.10.09
Top Cabinet ministers paid back hundreds of pounds in expenses deemed been 'excessive' by sleaze watchdog Sir Thomas Legg... more

The plotting grows around Mr Brown

14.09.09
There are four weeks to go before MPs return from the parliamentary recess and already the plotting against Gordon Brown's leadership is well under way... more

Magic moments as the Brown cheerleaders stave off rebellion

09.06.09
A combination of humility, old-fashioned party management and sheer weight of numbers helped Gordon Brown survive the crunch meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party... more

Miliband's slip names Alan Johnson as leading man to replace Brown

09.06.09
Alan Johnson is still "the leading contender" to replace the Prime Minister, David Miliband declared... more

No 10 aides work through night to keep lid on coup

05.06.09
A Downing Street rescue operation was in full swing as Gordon Brown’s allies moved to prevent James Purnell’s resignation from tipping into a full-blown coup... more

Leading Whitehall role will be Cooper's reward for constant show of support

05.06.09
Rising Labour star Yvette Cooper was today set to take the helm of a major Whitehall department... more

Gordon’s shotgun reshuffle is too late to save Labour

05.06.09
Mr Brown has, however, shown one quality which will define his final period in office: an absolute determination to hang on to power for as long as possible... more

LATEST: Gordon Brown battles to quell Labour mutiny

04.06.09
Gordon Brown faced a coup today as rebel Labour MPs plotted to oust him from Number 10... more

Lightning coup to oust Gordon Brown

03.06.09
Gordon Brown tonight faces a lightning coup after the shock resignation of Hazel Blears... more

Senior MPs pile pressure on Speaker to fall on his sword

15.05.09
Speaker Michael Martin has come under unprecedented pressure from senior parliamentarians to quit... more

Rebels in the vote

01.05.09
The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members... more

Ministers must stop meddling in school curriculum, say MPs

02.04.09
MPs demanded urgent and sweeping reforms to the school curriculum, warning that ministerial "interference" in children's education has gone too far... more

Tesco accused of 'Manipulative Monopoly'

05.03.09
Supermarket giant Tesco has been slated as a "manipulative monopoly" that was blighting towns and cities across the country... more

Revealed: 210 children were killed by abuse in 16 months

10.12.08
A total of 210 children, 21 of them babies, died of abuse or neglect in only 16 months in England, it was revealed... more

Teenagers are marking Sats to clear backlog

16.07.08
Teenagers are marking crucial Sats exams, an MP claimed... more

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