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Lib-Dems lose deposit in Scottish by-election

01.07.11
Nick Clegg comes under fire after the Liberal Democrats suffer a 'humiliating' by-election blow ... more

Tributes have poured in for a Labour MP who died aged just 44

10.05.11
Ed Miliband said Labour MP David Cairns will be 'missed beyond measure' and his death will lead to by-election battle... 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

Brown ready for showdown with rebels after Kelly leak

25.09.08
Gordon Brown is preparing for a showdown with rebel Labour MPs on the day the Commons returns from its summer break... more

Analysis: Plotting, paranoia, enmity and dark threats

25.09.08
Like a ship's captain watching the mercury plummet before his eyes, Gordon Brown knows a hurricane is heading his way... more

'Downing St dirty tricks behind outing of Kelly'

24.09.08
Claims of "dirty tricks" and "black ops" by Downing Street were rife as allies of Ruth Kelly feared she had become the latest victim of a campaign to flush out Labour rebels... more

Harman and Prescott call for show of party unity

18.09.08
Harriet Harman and John Prescott have told ministers to stop plotting against Gordon Brown and unite at next week's party conference... more

'He is the most unpopular PM since Chamberlain'

17.09.08
A leading Labour rebel claimed that Gordon Brown is now the most unloved Prime Minister since Neville Chamberlain just before he was deposed in 1940... more

Blairite Hutton's aide 'will quit after conference'

17.09.08
Business Secretary John Hutton's ministerial aide is poised to quit the Government, the Standard has learned... more

The ‘Get Gordon’ plot

17.09.08
The PM’s would-be assassins have failed, so far, to remove him from office, but it has irrevocably tilted the mood around his leadership ... more

Minister quits in protest over Brown's leadership

16.09.08
Gordon Brown suffered the most serious blow to his leadership when a senior minister quit the Government... more

Labour fears Glasgow election on knife-edge

24.07.08
A last-minute attack of nerves hit Labour today as the crucial Glasgow East by-election came to a nail-biting finish... more


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