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Miliband's reshuffle calls on new talent in fight against Coalition

07.10.11
MPs from the 'class of 2010' have rocketed into the shadow cabinet as Ed Miliband injected new blood into his top team... more

Yvette Cooper heads Miliband's rising women

29.09.11
Yvette Cooper was cheered as the Labour 'conference darling' as Ed Miliband prepared to promote a string of women to his top team... more

This is no time to be a misguided preacher man, Ed

28.09.11
The Labour leader made bold moral statements in his speech which may come back to haunt him in the polls ... more

Culture spokesman branded bonkers over curbs on journalists

27.09.11
Culture spokesman Ivan Lewis is under fire for proposing journalists should be struck off if they are found guilty of gross malpractice... more

In the air: No rush to launch Sun on Sunday

27.07.11
Tom Mockridge, who has succeeded Rebekah Brooks as boss of News International, has made a series of addresses to staff on each of the remaining papers - The Sun, The Times and Sunday Times - to reassure them about the company's future... more

David Cameron faces fresh pressure over BSkyB claims

21.07.11
David Cameron is facing fresh pressure over claims he had discussions about the controversial Murdoch bid to take full control of BSkyB... more

MP says NoW closure is an attempt to protect Rebekah Brooks

08.07.11
Claim comes from Labour MP Chris Bryant who is taking legal action over the newspaper over allegations his phone was hacked... more

Miliband 'picks fight with party' by trying to scrap shadow cabinet elections

24.06.11
Ed Miliband is facing a backlash after announcing plans to scrap elections to his top team... more

The royals are poster children for the Games

21.06.11
The case against the London Olympics was that it would run vastly over budget, like all state projects, and that no one would want to go... more

Labour's 'failure in South worse than Michael Foot'

13.05.11
Another Labour figure has warned Ed Miliband he is in danger of failure in the South-East... more

Shadow culture secretary says 'squeezed middle' voters are not coming back to Labour

11.05.11
Labour is seen as the 'party of the North' by key target voters in the South, a senior shadow cabinet minister will announce... more

Knife through the arts as 600 groups denied cash

30.03.11
The Arts Council today refused to support more than 600 groups in the biggest shake-up of funding in decades... more

Arts leaders hit back over MPs' attack on waste

28.03.11
Arts world has hit back after an expert committee of MPs savaged the Arts Council ... more

'Whitewash' protest as Rupert Murdoch's takeover of BSkyB is given go-ahead

03.03.11
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was accused of a 'whitewash' and a 'U-turn' today as he waved through Rupert Murdoch's plan for an £8 billion takeover of BSkyB... more

Jeremy Hunt attacked as he stalls over BSkyB bid referral

25.01.11
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is accused of giving favourable treatment to Rupert Murdoch as he keeps the door open for News Corporation's planned takeover of BSkyB... more

Seven bosses on £100,000-plus at body replacing axed Film Council

01.12.10
British Film Institute has seven staff on pay packages of more than £100,000 — despite excessive salaries being one of the Government’s reasons for axing the UK Film Council... more

Set up giant TVs in London so crowds can watch the royal wedding, Boris Johnson told

25.11.10
Labour frontbencher leads calls urging Boris Johnson to erect giant TV screens across central London to help turn the royal wedding into a huge celebration... more

Ed Miliband supporters thinly spread in shadow cabinet

08.10.10
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

Alan Johnson named shadow chancellor over Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper

08.10.10
Ed Miliband stamps his authority on Labour’s economic policy by surprisingly naming Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor... more

'Billy Liar' Brown lucky to avoid mauling at the despatch box by sure-footed Cameron

02.09.09
The only crumb of comfort for Gordon Brown is that there is no Prime Minister's Questions this lunchtime... more

Revealed: How Jack Straw backed Gaddafi talks

01.09.09
The Government made no objections to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdulbasset Ali al-Megrahi, according to ministerial letters... more

Britain facing backlash over Lockerbie release

24.08.09
Scottish Justice Secretary faces fierce criticism over decision to free the Lockerbie bomber amid deepening international backlash and potential boycott over the move... more

Gordon Brown accused of 'fear and smears'

08.06.09
Gordon Brown was clinging on despite another ministerial resignation and savage attacks on his leadership... more

Intrigue over O’Reilly’s plans Down Under

13.11.08
Tongues are wagging in Australia about the resignation of Brendan Hopkins from the board of Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s Independent & News Media, just days after he signed a three-year extension to his contract as chief executive of the Independent’s APN News & Media subsidiary Down Under... more

London hospitals in grip of vermin infestations

06.08.08
London hospitals have admitted being plagued by rats, mice, cockroaches, flies and other pests... more

Written warning for parents of fat children

04.08.08
Millions of parents will be told their child is too fat in warning letters to be sent out within weeks, the Government announced... more

New Labour: no longer a party, just a soap opera

14.05.08
Revelations in the memoirs of Cherie Blair and John Prescott, added to fresh internal feuds, are eating away at the authority of the Government... more

Nervy New Labour is losing the will to live

02.04.08
The Government's poll slump has reawakened old divisions and is creating fresh headaches for Gordon Brown. Can he pull out of the spiral?... more

Labour presents its battleplan for the next election

01.04.08
A plan to ensure Labour victory at the next general election was presented to the Cabinet by Gordon Brown's chief strategist... more


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