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City Spy: Byers’ deal for Rover was a bit hit and myth

14.09.09
Poor Stephen Byers wasn’t left with much of a choice when in 2000, as the Government minister in charge, he was responsible for sealing the fate of MG Rover... more

A phoney lord but no fraud, says Moulton

11.09.09
Jon Moulton, the man whose bid for MG Rover was rejected by the government, praised the report into its demise... more

Transport mess? Blame 11 ministers

02.07.09
Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... 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

Gordon's final throw of the dice

05.06.09
Gordon Brown won a reprieve for his leadership with a Cabinet reshuffle that sees Alistair Darling stay as Chancellor and Alan Johnson promoted to Home Secretary... more

Pound drops as plotters tell ministers: Finish Brown off

04.06.09
Gordon Brown is tonight bunkered down at No.10 while Labour plotters beg the Cabinet to oust him... more

What they claimed: MPs expenses in full

12.05.09
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Labour’s rising star Alan Johnson makes his move for leadership

07.05.09
The first signs emerged of a leadership bandwagon gaining momentum for Health Secretary Alan Johnson... more

Pipe down, Harman tells heavyweights

06.05.09
Harriet Harman accused former ministers of ganging up on Gordon Brown and said they risk wrecking Labour's chances of winning a fourth term in government... more

Blairites beware: you cannot dump Brown and crown a new leader

05.05.09
There's no doubt about it: the situation is very bad for Gordon Brown. At the risk of forecasting that we're all doomed, Labour's prospects may not exactly be irretrievable but if I were a gambling man I wouldn't be betting a lot of cash on Labour winning the general election... more

Brown is besieged by Labour big guns

14.04.09
The Downing Street dirty tricks row has deepened into a full-scale attack on Gordon Brown's leadership ... more

This is no way to show us you can win an election, Gordon

14.04.09
In the wake of the McBride affair, the PM must use next week’s Budget to show the public that he is still in touch with them, says one former Cabinet minister ... more

Zut alors – Gordon’s just discovered he likes Europe after all

25.03.09
The PM’s efforts to impress the Strasbourg parliament are part of his desperate strategy to woo the voters back home... more

Globetrotting Gordon heads off to save the world (again)

24.03.09
Gordon Brown kicked off a globetrotting tour ahead of the G20 summit amid a stark warning from his own party that he risks ignoring the concerns of voters at home... more

Caution's the word, Bank governor warns Brown

24.03.09
Gordon Brown's hope of a big new fiscal stimulus in the Budget was dealt a serious blow by the Bank of England governor... more

Don’t play Games with Greenwich, Lord Coe

23.03.09
THERE comes a point where you can no longer keep saying that black is white and get away with it: a Stephen Byers moment, where someone once taken seriously sets out towards discredit and defeat. For the London Olympics, that moment arrived last week. ... more

Mervyn's message: that was then - this is now

13.11.08
It was only three months ago, but it seems like a lost world. In August, the Bank of England Governor was admitting to feeling a slight autumnal chill as he introduced the quarterly Inflation Report, but there was no doubt what topped the monetary policy committee's agenda, as Mervyn King shocked us by admitting that inflation was set to hit 5% and stay there for several months... more

Forget Footsie – what about the footie?

08.10.08
While bank shares plummet, the fortunes of some football clubs also give cause for alarm... more

Clarke tells Brown: Go with honour before you're ousted, Gordon

04.09.08
Charles Clarke plunged the knife into Gordon Brown saying he should "stand down with honour"... more

Cabinet goes on the road to show it's 'listening to Britain'

04.08.08
Gordon Brown launched the first phase of his fightback with plans for the Cabinet to hold meetings outside London... more

Conference show of strength by Miliband allies

04.08.08
Allies of David Miliband are to make a show of strength at Labour's conference next month when Gordon Brown's leadership will be under intense pressure... more

Old hands and young Turks: the contenders for PM's crown

28.07.08
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Comment: Even ministers whisper that the game is up

25.07.08
Gordon Brown will not fall on his sword - that was the Prime Minister's clear message as he gazed past the wreckage of Glasgow East to his favourite terrain, the long term... more

3,200 patients a day miss hospital appointments

25.06.08
Patients missed more than 1.1 million appointments at London hospitals in the past year, figures show... 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

More protection for consumers in bid to end 'rip-off Britain'

18.02.08
The Government is backing a new anti-"rip-off Britain" offensive against shops and websites that exploit shoppers... more

Dining dens where the plot thickens

13.09.06
Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... more

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